Terrorist Incidents in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka

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Event ID Date State Event
65459-132692-336291 9/19/2013 Trincomalee The suspect, a resident of Trincomalee was accused of carrying out attacks on army camps in the East and killing soldiers between July and December, 2001.
64362-130033-329794 7/17/2013 Trincomalee The Navy arrested two persons along with explosives hidden in a fiber glass dingy in Trincomalee District on July 16, reports Daily News.
64348-129992-329698 7/16/2013 Trincomalee As the Sri Lankan military advanced into the Tiger territory the senior cadre in charge of the camp named Ratnam Master ordered the two suspects to kill all the captured soldiers, douse their bodies with diesel and burn.
63040-126955-321900 4/30/2013 Trincomalee Police on April 30 (today) arrested three Police officers for allegedly killing three civilians in Gomarankadawala village in Trincomalee District in 2008, reports Colombo Page.
63040-126955-321900 4/30/2013 Trincomalee Police on April 30 (today) arrested three Police officers for allegedly killing three civilians in Gomarankadawala village in Trincomalee District in 2008, reports Colombo Page.
56496-111340-281444 7/13/2012 Trincomalee A memory card containing a six minute Liberation tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) war video was seized and two suspected former LTTE cadres were arrested by the Muthur Police in Trincomalee District, according to Daily Mirror.

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District Number of Events
Trincomalee 293

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