Around 54 civilians from the Sinhalese village of Gonagala in the Ampara district are killed by the LTTE.
Timeline of events under "LTTE attacks" issue
Dr. Neelan Thiruchelvam, Tamil constitutional lawyer and parliamentary member of the TULF, is assassinated by a suicide bomber in Colombo. The attack is blamed on the LTTE.
A bomb blast at the Municipal Council kills Pon Sivapalan, who took over as mayor of Jaffna after the death of Mrs Yogeshwaran. Some of Jaffna top military leaders were killed along with him.
Sarojini Yogeshwaran, the first female mayor of Jaffna, is assassinated by suspected LTTE gunmen.
Army Brigadier Larry Wijeratne is killed by a suicide bomber.
The LTTE detonates a lorry packed with explosives at the gates of the Temple of the Tooth in the city of Kandy, as preparations are underway for the 50th anniversary of independence.
LTTE attacks central Colombo's World Trade Centre with a truck bomb, killing 11 people.
UNP parliamentarian Mohammed Mashroof is assassinated along with his driver and 4 year old son.
Tamil parliamentarian A. Thangathurai is assassinated in Trincomalee along with five others during a school event.
The LTTE attacks a bus traveling in Aranthalawa, in the Ampara district killing eleven civilians and injuring 27 others, six of them seriously.
Nearly 1,400 soldiers are killed in an LTTE attack on the Mulaitivu army camp.
Two bombs explode in a Colombo commuter train killing 64 people and wounding 400 others; the LTTE is blamed for the attack.
A suicide bomb explosion by the LTTE at the Central Bank building in Colombo kills more than 100 civilians. Approximately 1,300 others are wounded.
LTTE attacks a naval installation, results in resumption of hostilities and collapse of peace talks. LTTE resumes bombing campaign. Government launches major offensive.
