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This list of railway accidents in Sri Lanka provides details of significant railway crashes in Sri Lanka involving railway rolling stock. Other than these, a number of accidents have taken place. One major type is elephant accidents, which typically occur in the North-Central area. Other accidents occur at unsecured level crossings with road ...
The following is a list of attacks on civilians attributed to armed groups under the control of the Sri Lankan government, which includes the Sri Lankan Army, Sri Lankan Navy, Sri Lankan Air Force, Sri Lankan Police Service, state-backed mobs and paramilitary groups (Home Guards, EPDP, PLOTE, TMVP, Ukussa, Black Cats etc.).
April 27 – Sri Lanka – Polgahawela level crossing accident. A bus was hit by train, killing 41. May 15 – Vietnam – A bus fell 150 m (490 ft) down ravine after colliding with a motorcycle in Tam Đường, killing 19. [39] May 22 – Philippines – A bus slammed into a roadside boulder in Tuba, Benguet, killing 27. [40]
The following is a list of notable killings, including terrorists attributed to armed groups under the control of the Sri Lankan government – Army, Navy, Air Force, Police and paramilitary groups (Home Guards/Civil Defence Force, Eelam People's Democratic Party, Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal etc.).
The Indo-Sri Lanka Accord was signed on 29 July 1987, and one of its terms was that the Sri Lankan security forces would be confined to their barracks in the north and east. [12] Sinhalese settlers were also disarmed. [1] In late September 1987, Thileepan began a hunger strike.
At least six elephants were killed in Sri Lanka after an express train got derailed after ramming into a herd near a wildlife reserve in the early hours of Thursday.. The Batticaloa-Colombo ...
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18 January – A lorry driver is shot and killed by a plainclothes police officer during a stop-and-search in Narammala. [ 5 ] 21 January – Jaffna District parliamentarian S. Shritharan is elected as the new leader of the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi , the main constituent party of the Tamil National Alliance , defeating M. A. Sumanthiran and ...