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The bombing, which was chosen specifically to land on the time of the day in order to harm as many people as possible, produced an enormous explosion that could be heard ten miles away. Six buses were trapped in the attack, causing numerous passengers to die in the fire as their buses burned. Heavy
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mobs rioted across the streets of Colombo, pulling over cars to see if there were Tamils inside. Sri Lankan police led a massive intervention against rioters after some started stoning Tamil-owned stores, leading to heavy police presence in every corner of the city. The riots were eventually
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rainfall delayed rescue workers from arriving to the scene at time. Heaps of victims, including old people and children lay on the ground in agony before they were received by authorities.
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Pettah branch was also heavily damaged during the attack. The attack had been attributed to the Tamil militant groups,
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After the bombing, strict security measures were undertaken, including a curfew on the
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The Murder of a Moderate: Political biography of Appapillai Amirthalingam
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BBC On This Day – Tamil Tigers blamed for bus garage blast
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Colombo central bus station bombing (Colombo Municipality)
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Colombo central bus station bombing (Central Colombo)
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Sri Lankan Civil War
Colombo central bus station bombing is located in Central Colombo
Colombo central bus station bombing is located in Colombo Municipality
Pettah
Colombo
Sri Lanka
Coordinates
6°56′4.92″N 79°51′17.28″E / 6.9347000°N 79.8548000°E / 6.9347000; 79.8548000
UTC
Car bombing
Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
car bombing
Colombo
Pettah, Colombo
Sri Lanka
New York Times
Bank of Ceylon
EROS
LTTE
entire district
Sinhalese
1997 Colombo World Trade Centre bombing
2008 Sri Lanka bus bombings


"CHRONOLOGY-Major bombings in Sri Lanka blamed on Tamil Tigers"
Reuters
"Timeline of the Tamil conflict"
BBC

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