Terrorist Incidents in Ampara, Sri Lanka

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Event ID Date State Event
59084-117834-298200 11/27/2012 Ampara Five suspects distributing pro- Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) hand bills to mark the 'LTTE war heroes' day were arrested by the Police on November 27 (today) in Akkaraipattu from Ampara District,reports Daily Mirror.
60165-120239-304645 5/28/2009 Ampara The Sri Lankan Government on May 26 sought international police (Interpol) assistance to locate and arrest the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's (LTTE) arms procurement chief Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP who is believed to be hiding somewhere in South East Asia.
38116-72653-174332 5/4/2009 Ampara The Special Task Force (STF) personnel ambushed a group of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) militants at Kanchikudiary in the Ampara District in the night of May 2 killing four militants and recovering a large haul of arms, ammunition and explosive devices, reported Daily News.
38022-72432-173710 4/27/2009 Ampara Suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) militants carried out two attacks at Nochchikulam in the Morawewa area of Trincomalee District and Panama in the Pothuvil village of Ampara District in the night of April 25 killing nine civilians, reports Sri Lanka Army.
37716-71792-171778 4/6/2009 Ampara Superintendent of Police (SP) H.L. Jamaldeen was shot dead by suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) militants at Marathamunai in the Kalmunai area of Ampara District in the evening of April 5, according to a Sri Lanka Army report.
59975-119837-303487 3/19/2009 Ampara A Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) militant was killed by the Security Forces (SFs) in the Kannagipuram area of Ampara District in the morning of March 18, reports Sri Lanka Army.

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District Number of Events
Ampara 129

The original source are newspaper clippings and extracts collected by the South Asian Terrorism Portal.