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On March 2, a LTTE woman-suicide bomber blew herself up in the Vannakulam area, to the east of Elephant Pass and to the south of Vettalaikerny, when the 55th Division troops attempted to go closer to her on suspicion.
From this sentence, the following information was extracted.
Vannakulam Vettalaikerny
Ratnapura
attack
a LTTE woman - suicide bomber
herself
This data was extracted from the following paragraph of the newspaper clippings.
On March 2, a LTTE woman-suicide bomber blew herself up in the Vannakulam area, to the east of Elephant Pass and to the south of Vettalaikerny, when the 55th Division troops attempted to go closer to her on suspicion.
Event ID | Date | Country | Storyhead |
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59958-119792-303375 | ¾/2009 | Sri Lanka | Troops capture Puthukuduiruppu town |
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 |
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59958-119792-303375 | ¾/2009 | Sri Lanka | attack | Ratnapura |