Notable assassinations of the Sri Lankan Civil War

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Sri Lankan Conflict
Background

• Sri Lanka • History of Sri Lanka
Origins of the Civil War

• Origins of the Civil War
• Black July • Human Rights Issues • Riots and pogroms
• Attributed State terrorism
• Prison massacres
• Tamil militant groups
LTTE

• LTTE • Attributed Terrorist attacks • Child Soldiers
• Attributed assasinations
• Notable Attacks • Expulsion of Muslims from Jaffna
Major figures

• Mahinda Rajapakse
• Velupillai Prabhakaran
• Karuna Amman
• Sarath Fonseka
Indian Involvement

• Operation Poomalai
• Indo-Sri Lanka Accord
• Indian Peace Keeping Force
• Rajiv Gandhi • RAW
See also

• Military of Sri Lanka
• TMVP • EPDP
• Notable assassinations

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Since the onset of the Sri Lankan Civil War in 1983, militant and paramilitary groups have assassinated many public figures on suspicion of being sympahtizers or informants, in retaliation for killings and attacks, to eliminate competition from rival groups, or to stifle dissent.[1]

The following is a list of notable assassinations of the Sri Lankan Civil War, attributed by various self-admissions, NGOs, United Nations agencies, foreign governments, and the state-owned media of Sri Lanka.

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[edit] Background

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Most assassinations perpetrated during the conflict have been attributed to the LTTE.[citation needed]

According to figures provided by the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission, the LTTE carried out four assassinations between February 22, 2002, the date of the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding and the Ceasefire Agreement, and October 31, 2004.[2]

[edit] Assassinations

[edit] Heads of state

Victim Description Perpetrated by
Ranasinghe Premadasa President of Sri Lanka killed on May 1, 1993 by a suicide bomber LTTE
Rajiv Gandhi Former prime minister of India killed on May 21, 1991 by suicide bomber Thenmuli Rajaratnam LTTE

[edit] Cabinet ministers

Victim Description Perpetrated by
Lakshman Kadirgamar Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka and SLFP MP. LTTE[disputed]
Gamini Dissanayake Former Cabinet Minister and Opposition Leader of Sri Lanka. LTTE
Ranjan Wijeratne Sri Lankan Defense Minister killed by LTTE car bomb on March 2, 1991 LTTE

[edit] Members of Sri Lankan Parliament

Victim Description Perpetrated by
Kumar Ponnambalam Member of the TNA; 5 January 2000 Associated with a government minister[citation needed]
Nadarajah Raviraj Member of the TNA; 10 November 2006 Unknown
Joseph Pararajasingham Member of the TNA; 25 December 2005 Unknown
A. Amirthalingam Leader of the TULF; 13 July 1989 LTTE
Neelan Thiruchelvam TULF MP; 29 July 1999 LTTE
V.Yogeswaran TULF MP [Jaffna]; 13 July 1989 LTTE

[edit] Mayors

Victim Description Perpetrated by
Alfred Duraiappah SLFP Mayor Jaffna; July 27, 1975 LTTE
Sarojini Yogeswaran Mayor, Jaffna; 17 May 1998 LTTE
Pon Sivapalan Mayor, Jaffna; 11 September 1998 LTTE

[edit] Other politicians

Victim Description Perpetrated by
Ariyanayagam Chandra Nehru TNA member. [1] Unknown

[edit] Activists

Victim Description Perpetrated by
Rajani Thiranagama University teacher – political activist; 25 September 1989 LTTE
Richard de Zoysa Author – Journalist; 18 February 1990 Unknown
Fr. Mary Bastian Catholic priest – Human Rights activist; 6 January 1985 Unknown
Chandra Fernando Catholic priest – Human Rights activist; June, 1988 Unknown
Ketheesh Loganathan Co-founder, Centre for policy alternatives Colombo and Government peace secretariat deputy leader LTTE[disputed]

[edit] Government servants

Victim Description Perpetrated by
C.E.Anandarajah St John's college School principal; 26 June 1985[2] LTTE
Kanapathy Rajadurai Central College, Jaffna Principal 10 October 2004[3] LTTE[disputed]
Pon. Ganeshamoorthy Literary Figure, Poet, General Manager People's Bank Unknown

[edit] Journalists

Victim Description Perpetrated by
Balanadarajah Iyer Lead editor EPDP and founder of Thinamurasu newspaper[4] Unknown
Relangi Selvarajah TV announcer and freelance producer LTTE[disputed]
Nadarajah Atputharajah Publisher Thinamurasu newspaper Unknown
I.Shanmugalingam Editor of Eelanaadu newspaper Unknown
Mylvaganam Nimalarajan BBC reporter EPDP[disputed][citation needed]
Taraki Sivaram Editor of Tamilnet news portal Unknown
Aiyathurai Nadesan Reporter for Virakesari newspaper Unknown
K.S.Raja Reporter for Radio Ceylon EPDP[disputed][citation needed]

[edit] Writers and poets

Victim Description Perpetrated by
Chelian Perinpanayagam Writer, Journalist former Mayor of Batticalao.[5] LTTE
Natpudduminai Faleel Poet, Assistant Government Agent.[6] LTTE
Chasy Krishnamoorthy Writer, Film Critic.[7] LTTE

[edit] Militants

Victim Description Perpetrated by
K. Padmanabha EPRLF General Secretary; mid 1990[8] LTTE
P.Ganeshalingam EPRLF provincial minister; 28 January 1990[9] LTTE
Sam Thambimuthu EPRLF MP; 7 May 1990[10] LTTE
Sri Sabaratnam TELO leader; April/May, 1986 LTTE
V.Yogasangari EPRLF MP; 19 June 1990[11] LTTE
Oberoi Thevan TELA leader[12] LTTE
Subathiran Thambirajah Jaffna district leader of splinter group of EPRLF known as EPRLF-V ; 14 June 2003[13] LTTE
P. Rajaratnam General Secretary of Indian based ENDLF in Sri Lanka.[14] LTTE[disputed]
Sonnyboy Occerz alias Rangappa Senior member of ENDLF and from the Portuguese Burghers community[15] LTTE[disputed]
Vaithilingam Sornalingam Senior member of LTTE Unknown
E. Kousalyan Senior member of LTTE Unknown
Kandiah Ulaganathan Senior member of LTTE Unknown

[edit] Paramilitary members

Victim Description Perpetrated by
Nagalingam Manickathasan Alias Manikadasan one time PLOTE deputy leader[16] LTTE
Kandaiah Yoharasa Alias PLOTE Mohan one time government informant and alleged hit man[17][18] LTTE
Muthulingam Ganeshkumar Alias Razeek Leader of Razeek Group a paramilitary organisation working with government soldiers[19] LTTE
Sivaguru Navaratnarajah Alias Kanthi Leader of Razeek Group 14 September 2005[20] LTTE
Vinayakamoorthy Sivanesadurai Alias Reggie : Senior member Karuna Group and elder brother of Karuna and former LTTE sharpshooter[citation needed] LTTE

[edit] References

  1. ^ Philip Alston (2006-03-27). "Civil and Political Rights, Including the Question of Disappearances and Summary Executions" (DOC). United Nations Commission on Human Rights. Retrieved on 2007-03-27.
  2. ^ Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process. CFA Violations at a Glance. Government of Sri Lanka. Retrieved on March 27, 2007.

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