18–25 July – The
LTTE initiates Operation Unceasing Waves, following a series of losses in the
Jaffna peninsula. The LTTE launches an
attack on Mullaitivu. The
Sri Lankan Army is defeated with 1,242 army soldiers dead, and hundreds captured and executed.[2] It has also been reported that others were found dead with their corpses clutching onto
white flags.[3]
24 July – A train is bombed in
Dehiwala, killing 42 and wounding 400. The LTTE was claimed responsible for the attack, placing suitcase bombs in four carriages on a commuter train.[4]
18–25 July – The
LTTE initiates Operation Unceasing Waves, following a series of losses in the
Jaffna peninsula. The LTTE launches an
attack on Mullaitivu. The
Sri Lankan Army is defeated with 1,242 army soldiers dead, and hundreds captured and executed.[2] It has also been reported that others were found dead with their corpses clutching onto
white flags.[3]
24 July – A train is bombed in
Dehiwala, killing 42 and wounding 400. The LTTE was claimed responsible for the attack, placing suitcase bombs in four carriages on a commuter train.[4]