Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students[1] and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam[2]
The Colombo central bus station bombing was the car bombing of the central bus terminal of Colombo carried out on April 21, 1987, in Pettah, Colombo, Sri Lanka. The 80-pound (36 kg) bomb killed at least 113 people and left a 10-foot (3 m) crater in the ground.[3][4] The New York Times estimated 200 people had been injured.[5]
The bombing, which was chosen specifically to land on the time of the day in order to harm as many people as possible, produced an enormous explosion that could be heard ten miles away.[6] Six buses were trapped in the attack, causing numerous passengers to die in the fire as their buses burned. Heavy rainfall delayed rescue workers from arriving to the scene at time. Heaps of victims, including old people and children lay on the ground in agony before they were received by authorities.[7]
The Bank of Ceylon Pettah branch was also heavily damaged during the attack.[6] The attack had been attributed to the Tamil militant groups, EROS and the LTTE.[8][2]
^Sabaratnam, T (1996). The Murder of a Moderate: Political biography of Appapillai Amirthalingam. Dehiwela: Nivetha Publishers. p. 370.
^ ab"CHRONOLOGY-Major bombings in Sri Lanka blamed on Tamil Tigers". Reuters. 6 October 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
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"Timeline of the Tamil conflict". BBC. September 4, 2000. Retrieved 2008-04-30.
^"Sri Lankan police hold doctor in car bombing". United Press International. April 28, 1987. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
^Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | Sri Lanka: Information on a LTTE bomb attack on the Colombo bus station in 1987". Refworld. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
^ abRettie, John (2009-04-21). "From the archive: Colombo bus station bomb claims 150, 22 April 1987". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 2013-09-06. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
^"Car Bomb Kills Close to 150 at Crowded Sri Lanka Bus Depot : 200 Wounded in Colombo Attack During Rush-Hour". Los Angeles Times. 1987-04-21. Archived from the original on 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
^Sabaratnam, T (1996). The Murder of a Moderate: Political biography of Appapillai Amirthalingam. Dehiwela: Nivetha Publishers. p. 370.
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