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Cases · Colombo, Sri Lanka

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Casepin documents 7 cases in Colombo, Sri Lanka, spanning the 1950s to the 2010s — 1 remains unsolved. The most-documented file is Black July: The 1983 Anti-Tamil Pogrom in Sri Lanka.

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2019 Sri Lanka Easter Bombings
2019Colombo and multiple locations, Sri Lanka
UNSOLVED
Black July: The 1983 Anti-Tamil Pogrom in Sri Lanka
1983Colombo, Sri Lanka (violence also occurred nationwide including Jaffna, Kandy, Trincomalee, Badulla, and Nuwara Eliya)
SOLVED
Assassination of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
1959Tintagel, Rosmead Place, Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
SOLVED
1996 Dehiwala train bombing
1996Dehiwala railway station, Colombo, Sri Lanka
SOLVED
1997 Colombo World Trade Centre bombing
1997Galadari Hotel / Colombo World Trade Centre, Colombo, Sri Lanka
SOLVED
Attempted assassination of Chandrika Kumaratunga
1999Town Hall, Colombo, Sri Lanka
SOLVED
JOC Bombing
1991Flower Road, Colombo, Sri Lanka