Terrorist Incidents in Mannar, Sri Lanka

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Event ID Date State Event
65531-132861-336714 9/23/2013 Mannar In another incident, the Center for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) another local poll monitor reported that Bodyguards of Minister Rishad Bathiyutheen have allegedly assaulted Mannar Dstrict candidate of Our Nation Party, Abdul Salam Mohomad Hilmy near the entrance of a polling station at the Kokkupaddayam Roman Catholic Tamil Mixed School in Mannar District on September 21, reports Colombo Page.
65156-131917-334384 9/2/2013 Mannar The two suspects were reportedly making improvised explosive devices (IEDs) to trigger explosions in Sri Lanka.
63379-127722-323937 5/22/2013 Mannar The US Embassy officials in Sri Lanka have expressed US government's concerns about religious freedom, particularly attacks on churches, to the Sri Lankan government leaders and urged them to arrest and prosecute the perpetrators.
62384-125422-317972 3/19/2013 Mannar Tamil activists in Tamil Nadu supporting Sri Lanka's defeated Tamil Tiger terrorist outfit Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) have assaulted Sri Lankan Buddhist monk in Chennai on March 18, reports Colombo Page.
62265-125109-317110 3/12/2013 Mannar Minister of Investment Promotion Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena on March 11 said the groups supporting Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) who could not defeat Sri Lanka through war are now trying to attack the country by creating conflicts using international forces.
62071-124662-316030 2/28/2013 Mannar Fonseka recently dismissed the allegation that the minor son of Tamil rebel leader Velupillai Prabhakaran was killed by Sri Lanka Army.

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District Number of Events
Mannar 482

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