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v t e Sri Lankan civil war (1983–2009)
Origins	Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism Sinhala Only Act 1956 1958 Vaddukoddai Resolution 1977 1981 Burning of Jaffna Library Black July
Combatants	Sri Lanka Army (LRRP) Navy Air Force Police Special Task Force Home Guards Attacks on civilians Assassinations LTTE Divisions Air Tigers Sea Tigers Black Tigers Attacks in the 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s Assassinations Suicide bombings Other militants (list) ENDLF ENLF EPRLF EROS PLOTE TELO  India Indian Peace Keeping Force Paramilitary groups EPDP TMVP
Phases	Eelam War I Indian intervention Eelam War II III IV Eastern / Northern theatres
Major battles	Kokkilai Vadamarachchi Poomalai Pawan Jaffna University Helidrop Balavegaya 1st Elephant Pass Pooneryn Riviresa 1st Mullaitivu Weli Oya Sath Jaya Vavunathivu Jayasikurui Thandikulam–Omanthai 1st Kilinochchi Oddusuddan A-9 highway 2nd Elephant Pass Bandaranaike Airport attack Point Pedro Jaffna Thoppigala Vidattaltivu 2nd Kilinochchi 2nd Mullaitivu Puthukkudiyirippu
Major events	Air Lanka Flight 512 Indo-Sri Lanka Accord Expulsions from Northern province Assassination of Lalith Athulathmudali Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi Assassination of Ranasinghe Premadasa Temple of the Tooth attack Lionair Flight 602 Bandaranaike Airport attack Expulsions from Colombo 2009 suicide air raid on Colombo
Leaders	Sri Lanka Military Army Tissa Weeratunga Nalin Seneviratne Hamilton Wanasinghe Cecil Waidyaratne G. H. De Silva Rohan Daluwatte Srilal Weerasooriya L. P. Balagalle Shantha Kottegoda Sarath Fonseka Navy Asoka de Silva H. A. Silva Clancy Fernando D. A. M. R. Samarasekara H. C. A. C. Thisera Daya Sandagiri Wasantha Karannagoda Air Force Dick Perera Andibuduge Fernando Makalandage Gunawardena Oliver Ranasinghe Jayalath Weerakkody Donald Perera Roshan Goonetileke Civilian J. R. Jayewardene Ranasinghe Premadasa Dingiri Banda Wijetunga Chandrika Kumaratunga Mahinda Rajapaksa LTTE Militant Velupillai Prabhakaran Pottu Amman Soosai Karuna Amman Political Selvarasa Pathmanathan Anton Balasingham S. P. Thamilselvan India Military Harkirat Singh Ashok K. Mehta Kulwant Singh Depinder Singh Dalvir Singh Krishnaswamy Sundarji Civilian R. Venkataraman Rajiv Gandhi V. P. Singh Jyotindra Nath Dixit J. Jayalalithaa M. Karunanidhi Vaiko
Aftermath	Genocide Films NPC resolution LLRC Reactions (Protests) Remembrance Day UN Panel on Accountability War crimes Chemical weapons
Related topics	Casualties Assassinations Massacres Child soldiers Disappearances Office on Missing Persons Human rights Popular culture Terrorism Non-state State PTA Sexual violence Sixth Amendment Thirteenth Amendment 1988 Maldives coup attempt 1987–1989 JVP insurrection
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The Kebithigollewa massacre was carried out by the LTTE, an organization which has been banned in 29 countries including the US, Australia, EU, India and Canada due to its terrorist activities. This was the largest massacre of Sinhalese civilians by the LTTE since the signing of the ceasefire agreement.

Incident

The Kebithigollewa massacre is an incident on June 15 , 2006 during which LTTE cadres killed 68 Sinhalese men, women, infants and a Buddhist monk travelling on a bus. The state owned bus was travelling on a deserted country road near Kebitigollewa when it was struck by two Claymore directional mines. This attack triggered world wide condemnation of the LTTE. The United States condemned the attack, noting: “This vicious attack bears all the hallmarks of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. It is a clear violation of the Ceasefire Agreement that the Tamil Tigers claim to uphold.”. The SLMM ruled that the LTTE carried out the Kebithigollewa attack as retaliation for attacks by Government forces or paramilitary groups associated with them were responsible for Claymore mine attacks in Vavuniya and Mannar from April to June of 2006, in a "deliberate strategy against Tamil Tiger cadres and civilians", in "gross violation" of the ceasefire agreement.

Related incidents

Some of the related LTTE attacks on civilians between 1984 and 2006 include the

• Anuradhapura massacre - 146 Sinhalese civilians died
• Gonagala massacre - 54 Sinhalese civilians died
• October 1995 Eastern Sri Lanka Massacres - 120 Sinhalese civilians died
• Kallarawa massacre - 42 Sinhalese civilians died
• Dehiwala train bombing - 56 Sinhalese civilians died
• Palliyagodella massacre - 166 Muslim Civilians died
• Central Bank Bombing - 102 civilians died
• Kent and Dollar Farm massacres - 52 Sinhalese civilians died

References

1. "United States Condemns Terrorist Attack on Sri Lankan Bus". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2006-06-15.
2. "Military 'killed Lanka aid staff'". BBC News. Retrieved 2006-08-30.

See also

• Pictures of the massacred civilians.

Further reading

• Gunaratna, Rohan. (1998). Sri Lanka's Ethnic Crisis and National Security, Colombo: South Asian Network on Conflict Research. ISBN 955-8093-00-9
• Gunaratna, Rohan. (October 1, 1987). War and Peace in Sri Lanka: With a Post-Accord Report From Jaffna, Sri Lanka: Institute of Fundamental Studies. ISBN 955-8093-00-9
• Gunasekara, S.L. (November 04, 2003). The Wages of Sin, ISBN 955-8552-01-1

• Terrorist attacks attributed to the LTTE
• Terrorist incidents in 2006
• Suicide bombing
• Civilian massacres in Sri Lanka
• War crimes in Sri Lanka
• Terrorism
• Terrorist incidents on buses
• 2006 in Sri Lanka