Terrorist Incidents in Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka

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Recent Events

Event ID Date State Event
68891-141088-358074 4/22/2014 Kilinochchi Police arrested the 63-year-old woman, a resident of Uruthipuram in Kilinochchi District for allegedly providing lands to a group of LTTE supporters.
68540-140351-356160 3/29/2014 Kilinochchi According to the report, the investigations following the shooting incident on March 13 in Tharmapuram area of Kilinochchi District where a Police officer was shot and injured by a suspected LTTE cadre have led to the discovery.
68386-140011-355217 3/20/2014 Kilinochchi Ruki Fernando and Father Praveen arrested by the TID on March 16 in Kilinochchi District and detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) for questioning to ascertain the whereabouts of a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suspect who shot a Police officer in Kilinochchi District and escaped.
68386-140011-355217 3/20/2014 Kilinochchi Ruki Fernando and Father Praveen arrested by the TID on March 16 in Kilinochchi District and detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) for questioning to ascertain the whereabouts of a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suspect who shot a Police officer in Kilinochchi District and escaped.
68370-139982-355148 3/19/2014 Kilinochchi Two Human Right activists were arrested by the Terrorist Investigation Unit (TID) of Police in Kilinochchi District on March 16 under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), reports Colombo Page.
54853-107431-271116 3/27/2012 Kilinochchi He said that two LTTE cadres arrested recently from Kilinochchi have confessed to firing missiles at the aircraft causing the AN-26 to crash.

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District Number of Events
Kilinochchi 154

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