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No.
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Date
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Description
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1
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April 24
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A senior police official, Inspector
T. Jeyaratnam, responsible for the arrest of a large number
of LTTE
operatives, is reported missing from Colombo since April 20.
Police said that Jeyaratnam was in the Terrorism Investigation
Division (TID) at the Mt. Lavinia police, one of the most active
police investigation units against the LTTE. The TID Officer
had received threats from the LTTE following his involvement
in tracking down several LTTE cadres in Colombo.
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2
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April 29
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The dead body of an abducted
journalist, Dharmaretnam Sivaram, is found at Himbulala. Sivaram,
a senior editorial board member of a pro-LTTE Website, Tamil
Net, was abducted by unidentified persons near Bambalapitya
Police Station in Colombo a day earlier.
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3
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May 31
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The LTTE shot dead a Commanding
Officer of the Army Intelligence Unit, Major Nizam Mutalif,
at Polhengoda in Colombo.
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4
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June 6
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A LTTE cadre, identified as
V. Indrakumar, is shot dead at Wellawatta by unidentified persons.
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5
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June 27
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A soldier wounded in the June
9 LTTE attack on an EPDP vehicle at Chenkalady town succumbs
to his injuries at the Colombo National Hospital.
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6
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July 26
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Suspected LTTE cadre, identified
as Krishnapillai Kiribarathnam, is shot dead at DAM Street,
a Colombo suburb.
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7
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August 12
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Foreign Affairs Minister, Lakshman
Kadirgamar, is shot dead by a suspected LTTE sniper near his
private residence on Bullers Lane in the heart of the capital
Colombo.
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8
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August 12
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The 'pistol gang' cadres of
LTTE kill two civilians, identified as Sinnadorai Selvarajah
and his wife Welangee Selvarajah, inside their business centre
at Wellawatta.
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9
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August 29
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LTTE cadres kill a former member
of the Tamil Eelam Liberation Organisation, identified as S.
Shivaruparasa, near Bathiya Mawatha on Saranankara road in Kalubowila.
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10
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October 30
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Unidentified assailants shot
dead a senior Army Intelligence Officer, Lieutenant Colonel
T R Meedin of the Military Intelligence Corps, in the Kiribathgoda
area.
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