Terrorist Incidents in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

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Event ID Date State Event
38059-72514-173951 4/30/2009 Anuradhapura Viduthalai Puligal (LTTE cadres) killed a number of people in Sudanthirapuram area when they tried to flee.
38010-72404-173629 4/25/2009 Anuradhapura The Nochchiyagama Police arrested four suspects along with a T-56 weapon, one magazine and 29 rounds of T-56 ammunition from the Mahawewa area of Anuradhapura District on April 23, according to a Sri Lanka Army report.
36377-68898-163921 12/26/2008 Anuradhapura Army troops clashed with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) militants in the areas north of Akkarayankulam and east of Nivil in the Kilinochchi District killing an unspecified number of militants on December 24, reports Sri Lanka Army.
36123-68327-162380 12/7/2008 Anuradhapura Elsewhere, troops conducting operations in the Andankulam area confronted with the LTTE militants and killed an unspecified number of their cadres on December 4. Troops also recovered dead bodies of three militants along with seven T-56 weapons and 50 APMs from the incident site.
59710-119274-301870 12/3/2008 Anuradhapura In addition, the SFs on December 1 attacked a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) group in the Bogoda area of Thanthirimale bordering the Wilpattu forest reserve, according to Defense.lk.
59710-119275-301872 12/3/2008 Anuradhapura Meanwhile, Negombo Police on December 2 arrested three youths allegedly running a high powered communication centre in the area, suspected to be linked to the LTTE, reported Colombo Page.

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District Number of Events
Anuradhapura 126

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