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The Bandaranaike Airport attack is carried out by 14 Tamil Tiger commandos, resulting in military and civilian casualties and destroyed aircraft.
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Bandaranaike Airport attack
2001 suicide bombing by Tamil separatists in Negombo, Sri Lanka
The Bandaranaike International Airport attack was a suicide raid Black Tigers of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on 24 July 2001 on the Sri Lanka Air Force base SLAF Katunayake and the adjoining Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake, Sri Lanka. The attack…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Tamil militant organisation in Sri Lanka (1976–2009)
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam was a Tamil militant organization, that was based in the northern and eastern Sri Lanka. The LTTE fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam in the northeast of the island in response to violent persecution and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)