List of attacks on civilians attributed to the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna

The following is a list of notable attacks on civilians attributed to the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), a Sri Lankan Marxist-Leninist, communist group.

Attacks in chronological order
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Attack Date Location District Province Death
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Assassination of Rex De Costa9 April 1971DeniyayaMataraSouthern1[1]
Assassination of Daya Pathirana15 December 1986PiliyandalaColomboWestern1[2]
Grenade attack on Parliament18 August 1987Sri Jayawardenepura KotteColomboWestern2[3]
Assassination of Harsha Abeywardena23 December 1987Wellawatte, ColomboColomboWestern4[4]
Assassination of Vijaya Kumaranatunga16 February 1988ColomboColomboWestern2[5][6]
Kathiresan temple bombing16 February 1988Bambalapitiya, ColomboColomboWestern10+[7]
Udugampola family massacre24 July 1988PoddalaGalleSouthern5[8]
Grandpass rally attack17 October 1988Grandpass, ColomboColomboWestern3[9]
Kadawatte rally attack2 December 1988KadawatteColomboWestern4[9]
Poojapiya massacre25 January 1989Poojapiya, KatugastotaKandyCentral6[10]
Temple of the Tooth attack8 February 1989KandyKandyCentral2-5[11]
Assassination of Stanley Wijesundera8 March 1989ColomboColomboWestern1[12]
Kataragama bombingJuly 1989KataragamaMoneragalaUva15[13][14]
Assassination of Thevis Guruge23 July 19891[12]
Assassination of Premakeerthi de Alwis31 July 1989ColomboColomboWestern1[15]
Assassination of Chandratne Patuwathavithane14 September 19891[12]

See also

References
  1. Doctor, planter, soldier and patriot-Colonel Dr.Ranjana W. Seneviratne,Daily news (Saturday, 7 May 2011)
  2. Jayatilleke, Dayan (25 January 2006). "The JVP and 'Pol Potism'". Sanagam.org. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  3. Bomb Attack on Parliament Archived 2015-06-28 at the Wayback Machine, Daily News
  4. "UNP Chairman Gunned Down" (PDF). Tamil Times. VII (2): 3. January 1988. ISSN 0266-4488.
  5. "Vijaya Kumaranatunga Assassinated" (PDF). Tamil Times. VII (3): 3. February 1988. ISSN 0266-4488.
  6. Devolution only solution - CBK - Saroj Pathirana, BBC Sinhala Service
  7. "Bomb Attack on Hindu Temple" (PDF). Tamil Times. VII (3): 19. February 1988. ISSN 0266-4488.
  8. Bush, Kenneth (9 December 2003). The Intra-Group Dimensions of Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka: Learning to Read Between the Lines. Springer. p. 225. ISBN 978-0-230-59782-2.
  9. "JVP Turns its Guns and Bombs Against SLMP" (PDF). Tamil Times. VIII (1): 19. December 1988. ISSN 0266-4488.
  10. "USA candidate and family killed" (PDF). Tamil Times. VIII (3): 8. February 1989. ISSN 0266-4488.
  11. JVP can’t deny they attacked the Dalada Maligawa using firearms — Diyawadana Nilame, The Island
  12. Dilrukshi Handunnetti and Ranjith Jayasundera (10 February 2008). "JVP's double take on the 13th Amendment". Sunday Leader. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  13. Murugan-Shaitan Showdown, Patrick Harrigan interviews Swami Siva-Kalki, The Sunday Times, August 19, 1990
  14. Collected Bodhi Leaves, page 183
  15. Seneviratne, Malinda (31 July 2010). "Premakeerthi de Alwis and colours that remain unnamed". Daily News. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
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