Suspected Tamil Tigers attack a military convoy with a lorry full of drive a lorry full of explosives into a convoy of Sri Lankan military buses, killing at least 100 sailors at Digampatana, near Habarana.
Timeline of events under "LTTE attacks" issue
LTTE attacks Muttur. Fighting displaces thousands of Muslims.
LTTE is accused of closing the sluice gates of the Maavilaru dam in Trincomalee, denying water to thousands of farmers. Fighting ensues over control of the waterway.
Suicide bomber kills Major General Parami Kalutunge and three others at a military base in Colombo.
64 people are killed in a mine attack on a bus in Kabithigollawa, in Anuradhapura, allegedly detonated by the LTTE.
A suicide bomber attacks the main military compound in Colombo, killing at least eight people and injuring some 27 others, including the commander of the Sri Lankan Army, Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka.
State of emergency declared after Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar is assassinated. The LTTE is accused of carrying out the killing.
8 people are shot dead in a suburb of Colombo. The LTTE claims that they were top aides of Karuna, whom they accuse of working with the army - a charge the military denied.
Suicide bomb blast in Colombo - the first such incident since 2001 - raises fears for the fragile peace process.
The LTTE hold two Norwegian peace monitors aboard an LTTE vessel, who had come to look into an alleged ceasefire violation. Despite tensions and questions as to LTTE’s commitment to the peace process, the truce remains in place.
A suicide attack by LTTE on Colombo's international airport, results in several deaths of armed personnel and destroyed or damaged 26 commercial and military aircraft. The attack marked the eighteenth anniversary of Black July.
LTTE captures strategic Elephant Pass in the North.
President Kumaratunga narrowly escapes a suicide bomb attack with injuries, including the loss of one eye, during an election rally.
Artillery shells hits Madhu Church in the northern Vanni region killing forty-two and injuring sixty more. The battle was fought around the religious shrine in which a large number of IDPs were known to be seeking refuge. Each side blamed the other for the attack.
The LTTE launches operation "Unceasing Waves" to reclaim northern territory lost to government forces over the preceding four years.
