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Meanwhile, the Security Forces (SFs) foiled a LTTE attempt to trigger a massive blast in the Periyamurippukulam area along Mannar-Madavachchiya main road by recovering a large cache of bombs weighing 101 kilograms, reported Colombo Page.
From this sentence, the following information was extracted.
Periyamurippukulam Mannar Madavachchiya ColomboMannar
attack the Security Forces ( SFs ) a LTTE a massive blast in the Periyamurippukulam area along Mannar - Madavachchiya main road by recovering a large cache of bombs weighing 101 kilograms , reported Colombo PageThis data was extracted from the following paragraph of the newspaper clippings.
Meanwhile, the Security Forces (SFs) foiled a LTTE attempt to trigger a massive blast in the Periyamurippukulam area along Mannar-Madavachchiya main road by recovering a large cache of bombs weighing 101 kilograms, reported Colombo Page. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) in Vavuniya, Nandana Munasingha, said there was a 45 kilograms cluster bomb, called Raghawan, among these bombs. Two claymore bombs weighing 12 kilograms, a 21 kilograms bomb and two bombs of six kilograms and five kilograms each were part of the seizure, the SSP added. The bombs were found on information given by a LTTE suspect arrested on December 24.
| Event ID | Date | Country | Storyhead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36377-68905-163928 | 12/26/2008 | Sri Lanka | Unspecified number of LTTE militants killed as fighting continues in the North |
The original source are newspaper clippings and extracts collected by the South Asian Terrorism Portal.
Note: incidences are geocoded by the district centroid.
In the same newspaper clipping is further information on the events:
| Event ID | Date | Country | Act | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36377-68898-163921 | 12/26/2008 | Sri Lanka | kill | Anuradhapura |
| 36377-68901-163924 | 12/26/2008 | Sri Lanka | attack | Jaffna |
| 36377-68905-163928 | 12/26/2008 | Sri Lanka | attack | Mannar |