Central Bus Station Bombing

Infobox civilian attack
title = Central Bus Station Bombing


caption =
location = Pettah, Colombo, Sri Lanka
coordinates =
date = April 21, 1987
time =
timezone = UTC+5:30
type = Car bombing
fatalities = 113
injuries =
perp =
susperp = Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
weapons = The Central Bus Station Bombing was the car bombing of the central bus terminal of Colombo carried out on April 21, 1987 in Pettah, Colombo, Sri Lanka. The bombing killed 113 civilians. [ [http://www.lankaweb.com/news/items01/keydates.htm Chronology of key dates in Sri Lanka's Tamil separatist campaign] ] [cite news
author =
title = Timeline of the Tamil conflict
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/51435.stm
work = BBC
date = September 4, 2000
accessdate = 2008-04-30 ]

See also

* 2008 Sri Lanka bus bombings
* List of attacks attributed to the LTTE
* Sri Lankan Civil War

References

External links

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/21/newsid_2525000/2525415.stm BBC On This Day - Tamil Tigers blamed for bus garage blast]