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Colombo Central Bank bombing information


1996 Colombo Central Bank bombing
The Central Bank bombing was one of the most devastating and deadliest attacks that occurred in Sri Lanka during the civil war.
Date31 January 1996
TargetCivilians
Attack type
Bombing
WeaponsBombs, guns
Deaths91
Injured1400
PerpetratorsLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

The Central Bank bombing was one of the deadliest attacks carried out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during the separatist civil war in Sri Lanka between the government and the Tamil Tigers.

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