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January8

TheLiberationTigersofTamilEelam(LTTE)chief,VelupillaiPrabhakaran,andhisintelligencechief,
Pottu Amman, are among those dead or missing after the Tsunami disaster, the Sri Lankan state
radiostated.

January9

Threepeoplearekilledand38otherssustaininjurieswhenahandgrenadeallegedlylobbed by two
LTTEcadresexplodedatafuneralhouseintheLTTEheldVakaneriareaofBatticaloadistrict.
Refusing to give a time frame, United States Secretary of State, Colin Powell, stated that the US
MarineswhoarelandinginSriLankasoonmayspendalongperiodinthecountrytocarryoutrelief
andrebuildingprocess.

January14

TheUnitedNationsChildren'sFund(UNICEF)SriLankanrepresentative,TedChaiban,statesthatit
had received reports that the LTTE were recruiting children displaced by the Tsunami and warned
therebelstoleaveunderagesurvivorsalone."Recruitment...wasanissuebeforethetsunami.It's
anissuethatcontinuestobeofconcern.Weknowofthreecasesofreportedunderagerecruitment
thattookplaceintheeast,"saidChaiban.

January16

Thepoliceuseteargastodisperseagroupofabout500personstryingtohoisttheLTTEflaginthe
GovernmentheldtownofPesalaiintheMannardistricttomarkthe12thanniversaryofthedeathof
SathasivamKrishnakumaraliasKittu,arebelcommanderwho blew up his ship when surrounded
bytheIndiannavyin1993.

January17

InhisfirstpublicappearancesincetheJanuary26Tsunami,theLTTEchief,VelupillaiPrabhakaran,
metwithhisoutfitsdisastermanagementplannersinKilinochchi.

January19

President Chandrika Kumaratunga states in Hambantota that there would be no elections for the
nextfiveyearsandthereforeallpoliticalforcesshouldsinktheirpartydifferencesandworktowards
rebuildingthetsunamidevastatedcountry.
S P Thamilselvam, head of the LTTE political wing, says that the Tamils feel "discriminated
against"becauseIndiaisdoingtsunamireliefworkonlyintheGovernmentheldareasofSriLanka,
totallyignoringthe"evengreater"humanitariancrisisintheTamilspeakingareasheldbytheLTTE.

January23

TheLTTEexpresseswillingnesstobeincludedinacommonprogrammewiththeGovernment for
providing relief to the tsunami victims in the NorthEast, before any recommencement of peace
talks.

January26

TheUNICEFsaysthatLTTEhaverecruited40childrenundertheageof18inthemonthsincethe
tsunamidisaster.AccordingtoMartinDawes,UNICEF spokespersonforSouthAsia,"We'vegot40
caseswe'vebeenableto verifyThere's one 13yearold. It goes up to 17.This is something we
regret...childrenhavenoplaceinthewar."

January28

TheLTTEchief,Velupillai Prabhakaran, asks international donors to disburse their tsunamirelated

assistancetotheNorthEastofSriLankathroughtheirownNGOs,circumventingtheGovernment.

January31

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam leader, Colonel Soosai, claims that Government support was
essential for the reconstruction of tsunamiaffected areas in the NorthEast since the outfit cannot
fulfillthistaskonitsown.

February4

ALTTEofficial, in charge of the outfits Forest Conservation Division, is shot dead by unidentified
gunmenatKiran,28kilometersnorthofBatticaloa.
The LTTE discloses they were freeing 23 children after allegations that they had recruited at least
40childsoldierssincethetsunamidisaster.

February7

LTTEs Eastern Political wing leader, Kaushalyan, his deputy Nedimaran and three other LTTE
cadresarekilledduringanambushatPoonaniintheBatticaloadistrict

February8

Ariyanayagam Chandra Nehru, exTamil National Alliance Member of Parliament for the Amparai
district, who was injured when unidentified gunmen shot dead senior LTTE leader, E. Kausalyan,
andfourothercadresinBatticaloadistrictonFebruary7,succumbstohisinjuriesinColombo.

February10

Secretary General, Kofi Annan, in the latest United Nations (UN) report on "Children and Armed
Conflict"saidthatsince2001,theLTTEhasrecruitedmorethan4700children.
Tamil National Force (TNF), a paramilitary group under the joint command of the leader of the
breakaway LTTE faction, Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias Colonel Karuna, and the Eelam
NationalDemocraticLiberationFront,claimsresponsibilityfortheFebruary7killingofLTTEleader,
E.Kaushalyan,inBatticaloadistrict.
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February11

CabinetspokespersonandMinister,MangalaSamaraweera,announcesthattheGovernmentwould
hold presidential election on or before November 12, 2006, reiterating that the President had no
intentionofpostponingthepollasallegedbytheOpposition.

February12

One civilian is killed and two persons, including a LTTE activist, are wounded when unidentified
personslobbedagrenadetargetingtheoutfitsofficeinMannartown.

February14

LTTE leader,Anton Balasingham, informs the Norwegian facilitators in London that the Sri Lankan
Government has to take steps to restore confidence in the peace process, in particular by
disarming paramilitaries working alongside its armed forces and establish a joint mechanism with
theLTTEforposttsunamiaid.

February20

SuspectedLTTEcadreskillacadreoftherivalColonelKarunafactionandinjure anothernearthe
BatticaloaPolannaruwadistrictborder.

February22

Marking the third anniversary of the ceasefire, the Sri Lankan Government announced that it
continuestobereadytoreopendirectnegotiationswiththeLTTEontheestablishmentofaninterim
authority.The Government Information Department said the goal of the proposed interim authority
would be "to meet the urgent humanitarian and development needs of the people of the North and
Eastandtoproceedthereaftertonegotiatingafinalsettlementoftheethnicconflict."
TheLTTEisreportedtohaveshotdeadaSriLankanArmysoldieratKillaliintheJaffnadistrict.

February24

TheJanathaVimukthiPeramuna(JVP)opposesresumptionofpeacetalkswiththeLTTEbased on
an interim administration and said negotiations would have to include the outlines of a final
settlement.

February28

Head of the LTTE political division (women) for BatticaloaAmparai, Kuveni, and two of her
colleagues,Akanila and Sasimathy, are shot at and wounded in Thambattai, about six kilometers
southofAkkaraipattubygunmensuspectedtobefromtherivalColonelKarunafaction.
Cadres of the LTTE Wanni pistol group shot dead a displaced tsunami civilian, who was also an
Armydeserter,twohoursaftertheincidentatAkkaraipattu inwhichthreefemaleLTTEcadreswere
shot.

March2

Twoceasefiremonitorsfrom the SLMM are attacked by the LTTE cadres in Vavuniya.They were
investigating a complaint that two People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE)
membershadbeenforciblydetainedbytheLTTE.

March5

SixciviliansareshotdeadatWelikandainthePolonnaruwadistrictbycadresoftheLTTE.Among
thedeadisasuspectedcadreoftheColonelKarunafactionandfourMuslims.
A person suspected to be cadre of the 'Colonel' Karuna group, identified as Mylvaganam
Pulenthiran,isshotdeadinVanthaarumoolai,18kilometersnorthofBatticaloa,bytheLTTE.
ALTTEcadre,Major'Pushparaj,isshotdeadbycadresoftheKarunafactioninBatticaloadistrict.
TwoLTTEcadreswerealsoinjuredintheattack.

March6

InEravur,14kilometersnorthofBatticaloatown,acivilian,identifiedasVelauthanIlankeshwarn,is
killedbytheLTTE.

March7

TheWorldBankCountryDirectorforSriLanka,PeterHarrold,saysthatthebankhasno intention
of providing funds directly to the LTTE. Harrold stated this in response to a call by the ruling
coalition partner, JVP, on March 6 to withdraw a statement by the former in an interview to the
SundayTimeswhereheisquotedasrecognisingtheLTTE controlled area as "a kind of unofficial
state".
AformerPLOTEmember,A.Kirubeswaran,isshotdeadbyLTTEcadresneartheBatticaloapolice
station.

March9

A civilian, allegedly abducted by the LTTE cadres on March 8 from Kadjuwatte in the Batticaloa
district, is found dead. Military spokesperson, Brigadier Daya Ratnayake, said he was abducted
whilereturningwiththreeothersinhisvehiclefrompaddyfieldsontheValachchenaiVakarairoad.

March10

During a meeting with the Norwegian special peace envoy, Erik Solheim, the LTTE leader, Anton
Balasingham,admitsthattheoutfithasanairstripinKilinochchi.

March11

ThreePLOTEcadresarewoundedwhentwounidentifiedmenridingamotorbikelobbeda grenade
onthegroupscampinBatticaloatown.

March14

Two suspected LTTE cadres, Sinnaturai Selvanaathen and Subramanium Gunesekaram, are shot
deadatKarapola.

March21

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March24

The Sri LankanArmy denies existence of any LTTE camp in the Governmentcontrolled areas of
TheevuchenaivillageinthePolonnaruwadistrict.

March26

Five LTTE cadres are killed by cadres of the rival 'Colonel' Karuna faction at Tharavai in the
Batticaloadistrict.

March28

SuspectedKarunafactioncadresthrewgrenadestargetingaLTTEofficeinVavuniya,210kmnorth
ofColombo,woundingatleastthreepeople.
LTTEreportedlycommencesasatelliteTVstationcalledNationalTelevisionofTamilEelam (NTT),
coveringEuropefromanundisclosedlocationintheWanniareaofSriLanka.

March29

Civilians in the welfare center for Internally Displaced People at Mandan in the Batticaloa district
preventaLTTEgroupfromallegedlyabductingachildforconscription.

March30

SuspectedLTTEcadresattackavancarryingsixEPDPactivistsatAarumuhaththaanKudiyiruppu,
12kilometersnorthofBatticaloa.

April1

LTTEcadreskillapersonbelievedtobeclosetotheEPDPinKommathurai,17kilometersnorthof
Batticaloa

April4

LTTE's pistol group kills a senior Government functionary, T. Kailanandan, Director of Vocational
TrainingMinistryattheKattankudyTechnicalCollege,inBatticaloa.
Suspected LTTE cadres threw a grenade targeting the EPDP office in Karaithivu, 45 kilometers
southofBatticaloa.

April5

LTTE cadres shot dead a former cadre of the Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front
(EPRLF),JohnSilvaAmerasingham,atAkkaraipattuinthe Amparaidistrict,64kilometerssouthof
Batticaloa.
ASLMMofficial, AlfStoelam,onboardaNavypatrolboatintheseaoffUpparuinTrincomaleeis
woundedasLTTEcadresfiredattheboat.
AformerEPDPcadre, ArumugamAmbikaipahan,isshotatandwoundedatamovietheatre in the
Batticaloatown.
TheUNICEFhasreportedlystatedthattheLTTErecruited106childsoldierssincetheTsunamion
December26,2004.

April6

SuspectedLTTEcadreskillapoliceconstableandwoundedanotherduringanattackatKalmunai,
40kilometerssouthofBatticaloa.

April8

Cadres of the 'Colonel' Karuna faction attack a LTTE check point at Poonagar in the Trincomalee
districtkillingtwoLTTEcadresmanningthecheckpoint.

April10

LTTEfreesaSriLankansoldiertheycapturedadayearlierforallegedlytrespassingontheformer's
territory,saysHagrupHaukland,headoftheEuropeanceasefiremonitors.

April11

A member of the EPDP, Vijayadas Wijendran alias Kunjan, is shot dead by the LTTE in
Trincomalee.

April13

A Muslim civilian abducted by the LTTE and held in captivity for two and a half months in the
MullaithivujunglesescapesandreachesVavuniya.

April14

Five cadres of a 'paramilitary group' are killed during an attack on their camp by suspected LTTE
cadres at Sorivil in the Welikanda area of Polannaruwa district, 80 kilometers northwest of
Batticaloa.

April15

Divisional Secretary for Thirukkovil, A. K Thavarajah, is shot dead by an unidentified gunman in

Thirukovil.

April20

TheNorwegianpeaceenvoy,ErikSolheim,saysthathewillbeabletoestablishajointmechanism
toprovidepostTsunamirelieftovictimsintheNorthandEastbyconcludinganagreementbetween
theSriLankanGovernmentandLTTE.

April21

Citinganinterceptedrebelcommunication,militaryspokesperson,Brig.DayaRatnayake,says that
five LTTE cadres were killed and seven others wounded in a predawn attack by the 'Colonel'
Karuna faction at Kanjikudichcha Aaru in the Amparai district, about 250 kilometers east of the
capitalColombo.
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Valaichenai,32kilometersnorthofBatticaloa.
April24

Suspected LTTE cadres attack a Hindu religious procession in the Batticaloa town injuring four
persons,includingtwoschoolgirls.
A senior police official, Inspector T. Jeyaratnam, responsible for the arrest of a large number of
LTTEoperatives,isreportedmissingfromColombosinceApril20.PolicesaidthatJeyaratnamwas
intheTerrorismInvestigationDivision(TID)attheMt.Laviniapolice,oneofthemostactivepolice
investigationunitsagainsttheLTTE.TheTIDOfficerhad receivedthreatsfromtheLTTEfollowing
hisinvolvementintrackingdownseveralLTTEcadresinColombo.

April25

Suspected LTTE cadres kill a cadre of the rival Colonel' Karuna faction, identified as Sellathurai
Kopalkumar,andalsoabductoneofhiscolleaguesatKarapolavillageinthePolannaruwadistrict.

April26

TheJanathaVimukthiPeramuna(JVP)saysitopposestheproposedjointmechanismbetweenthe
GovernmentandLTTEasthelatterhadneithergivenupitsseparatistagendanortakenthepathto
democracy. "Without an assurance by the LTTE in word and deed" that it would end child
recruitment, stop political killings, end abduction of rivals and pave the way for "free and fair
elections in the north and east," the JVP "will not agree to any programme" with the Tigers, JVP
leader,SomawansaAmarasinghe,statedatapressconferenceinColombo.

April27

APolicepersonnel,identifiedasSheltonNawaratna,attachedtotheCounterSubversiveUnitofthe
EravurPoliceisshotdeadbysuspectedLTTEpistolgroupcadresatChenkaladiintheBatticaloa
district.

April28

An Eelam Peoples Revolutionary Liberation Front member, Murgesu Wardharaja, is killed by a

suspectedLTTEcadreatKalladi.
The U.S. State Department in its annual terrorism report Country Reports on Terrorism 2004 has
continueditsdesignationoftheLTTEasaterroristgroup.

April29

Thedeadbodyofanabductedjournalist,DharmaretnamSivaram,isfoundatHimbulala.Sivaram, a
senioreditorialboardmemberofaproLTTEnewsagency,TamilNet,wasabductedbyunidentified
personsnearBambalapityaPoliceStationinColomboadayearlier.

May3

ThevisitingIndianForeignSecretary,ShyamSaran,saystherewasnoconflictbetweenIndiaand
SriLankaovertheSethusamudramcanalprojectandSriLankawouldbekeptinformedofanynew
developments on this issue. "There was no issue between Sri Lanka and India that we cannot sit
downandtalk,"SaranstatedattheIndiaHouseinColombo.
IndiaannouncesadebtmoratoriumofthreeyearsonrepaymentofdebtbySriLankainresponseto
thelattersposttsunamireconstructionneeds.

May6

Sri Lankan military recovers bodies of two LTTE cadres, believed to be intelligence operatives,
killed during a clash with cadres of the rebel 'Colonel' Karuna faction. Military spokesperson, Brig.
DayaRatnayake,saidthebodieswerefoundintheWelikandaareaofPolonnaruwadistrict.

May9

A civilian is killed and at least 10 people sustain injuries as security forces (SFs) attempted to
prevent an unruly mob from storming a checkpoint at Shanthiveli on the PolonnaruwaBatticaloa
road. Brig. Daya Ratnayake said the SFs manning the checkpoint had to fire shots in the air to
controltheviolentprotestorsallegedlyinstigatedbytheLTTE.

May12

Four police officers sustain injuries when suspected LTTE cadres attacked their vehicle near the
Valachchenai town in Batticaloa district while they were traveling with a group of high level EPDP
delegation.

May14

A former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam cadre, Ponniah Thamilvanan, who had deserted and
refusedtorejointheoutfit,wasshotdeadbysuspectedLTTEcadresintheBatticaloadistrict.

May16

PresidentChandrikaKumaratungatellsinternationaldonorsthatshewillenterintoanTsunami aid
sharingdealwiththeLTTEdespitethreatstoherlifefrom"withinandoutside"herGovernment.She
made these remarks at the opening of a twoday aid meeting attended by more than 125
participantsincludingtheWorldBank,JapanandtheUnitedStates."Inthedecisionswearecalled
upon to take, the lives of some of us are in extreme danger," Kumaratunga said. While disclosing
thatthereisathreat"fromwithin"herGovernmentas well, the President added "Our commitment
tothiscausewillbesteadfastdespitevariousobjectionsfromextremists,fromvariousgroups."

May17

The Sri Lanka Development Forum ends in Kandy with the international donor community making
commitmentsandpledgesexceedingUS$3billionintheformofgrants and moratorium on debts
for the Tsunami reconstruction process and other development programmes initiated by the
Government.FinanceMinisterDr.SarathAmunugamaannouncesthat:"Ninety fivepercentofthe
assistance committed at the Forum comprises outright grants.There are no loans and there is no
repayment also There are absolutely no conditions for the disbursement of these funds to the
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Government."
Ahandgrenadelobbed bysuspectedLTTEcadresatMadathadiJunctioninTrincomalee, where a
newBuddhastatueisbeingerected,killsonecivilianandinjuresfourothers.
May18

Suspected LTTE cadres kill an EPDP activist, A. Murugapallai, and injure two others in the
Batticaloadistrict.

May21

A woman, identified as Sinnathamby Annapillai, is killed when unidentified persons lobbed a

grenadeatthePeriyakallaruLTTEpoliticalofficeinBatticaloadistrict.

May23

A LTTE cadre, identified as Nagappa Sivaraj, is shot dead by suspected gunmen of the rival
'Colonel'KarunafactionatManampitiyainthePolonnaruwadistrict.

May25

Periyapodi Suriyamoorthy, former Chairman of the Trincomalee Urban Council, succumbs to

gunshotinjurieshehadreceivedonMay18athisTrincomaleeresidence.

May27

SLMMchief,HagrupHaukland,speakingtotheForeignCorrespondents'AssociationofSriLankain
Colombo, states that the LTTE possesses an airstrip in the island's north, but warned that any
movebyGovernmentforcestobombitcouldleadtoaresumptionofwar.

May28

LTTE cadres kill a SubInspector attached to the Batticaloa Police, J. Felix Thiyagarajah, in
Batticaloatown.
During a formal ceremony at the White House where Sri Lankas newly appointedAmbassador to
the United States, BernardA.B. Goonetilleke, presented his Letter of Credence, President George
W.BushreportedlystatedthattheLTTE"usesterrorismtoachieveitspoliticalgoals."

May31

The LTTE shot dead a Commanding Officer of theArmy Intelligence Unit, Major Nizam Mutalif, at
PolhengodainthecapitalColombo.

June2

TheretransmissionstationofanIndiantelevisionchannel,SunTV,atVairavarpuliyankulamin the
VavuniyadistrictwhichwasoperatedbycadresoftheTamilEelamLiberationOrganization(TELO)
isattackedwithhandgrenadesbyrivalLTTEcadres,causingdamagestoequipment.

June3

An IndiaSri Lanka Joint Statement issued in New Delhi, during the visit of President Chandrika
Kumaratunga, has noted that she apprised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of her efforts to
establish a PostTsunami Operational Management Structure (PTOMS) in the Tsunamiaffected
areas and that the "Prime Minister expressed understanding of and support for these ongoing
efforts."

June4

SuspectedLTTEcadreskillateenagedformercadrewhohaddesertedthegroupatMannampitiya,
about230kilometersnortheastofcapitalColombo.

June5

An EPDP cadre, Baskaran Preman Ashok, is shot dead by suspected LTTE cadres near
MoothavinayagarKovilatAnaikoddaiintheJaffnadistrict.
Karuwathamby Packiyarajah, a 'Colonel' Karuna group cadre, is allegedly killed by the rival LTTE
cadresatAalankulamintheBatticaloadistrict.

June6

ALTTEcadre,identifiedasV.Indrakumar,isshotdeadatWellawattainthecapitalcityof Colombo
byunidentifiedpersons.
The SundayTimes reports that the LTTE may be building an airfield in the Ichachalampatti forest
areasofTrincomalee,closetotheSriLankanNavalbaseinChinaBay.

June7

SpeakingatapressconferenceinKilinochchiafterthemeetingwithNorwegianAmbassador Hans
Brattskar, LTTE 'political wing' leader S. P.Thamilselvan warned that the Governments continuing
refusal to provide travel security to its military commanders across Governmentcontrolled areas
willleadtoapotentiallyexplosivesituation.

June8

LTTEcadres,NiveharanandSutharanjan,arekilledinaclaymorelandmineexplosiontriggeredby
suspected cadres of the rival 'Colonel' Karuna group in a noman zone at Sangamankandy in the
Batticaloadistrict.

June9

Acivilianiskilled andanArmysoldiersustainsinjurieswhenLTTEgunmenopenfire targeting an

EPDPactivistatChenkaladitownintheBatticaloadistrict.
TheJanathaVimukthiPeramuna(JVP)threatenstowithdrawfromtherulingcoalitionbyJune15if
theGovernmentdidnotcalloffaTsunamiaidplanwiththeLTTE.

June11

Asoldierofthe SriLankaLightInfantryandanEPDPactivistarekilledinanimprovised explosive

device blast triggered by suspected LTTE cadres in front of the Vavuniya EPDP office. A police
constableattachedtothestationatMutturinTrincomaleeisabductedbyagroupofLTTEcadres.

June13

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June13

Onecivilianiskilledand15sustaininjurieswhenanunidentifiedpersonthrewahandgrenade at a
funeralfunctioninSoruwila,Polonnaruwadistrict.

June14

Suspected LTTE cadres fire at Navy personnel and injure one of them at Swamytottam in the
Mannardistrict.

June15

Ruling United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) coalition ally, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
(JVP),withdrawssupporttotheGovernment.

June17

ApolicesergeantisshotdeadbyunidentifiedgunmenatSerunuwaraintheTrincomaleedistrict.
Apoliceconstable andaPLOTEcadreareinjuredduringagrenadeattackbyunidentifiedgunmen
atKalladynearBatticaloatown.

June20

LTTEcadresshotdeadaPLOTEmemberatVelikkulamintheVavuniyadistrict.
LTTEcadresstabbedtodeathanEPDPmemberatAkkaraipattuintheBatticaloadistrict.
AhomeguardatSerunuwarainTrincomaleedistrictisabductedbyagroupofarmedLTTEcadres.

June21

A'Colonel'Karuna groupmember,identifiedasChitravelauthenSatyanathen,isshotdeadinMuttur
bysuspectedLTTEcadres.

June22

Onepolicepersonnel,RanaweeraSisira,isshotatandwoundedinBatticaloabysuspectedLTTE
cadres.
ThreeSinhaleseciviliansareinjuredinagrenadeattackbytheLTTEinTrincomalee.

June24

TheSriLankanGovernmentandLTTEsignaMemorandumofUnderstanding(MoU)forestablishing
a PostTsunami Operational Management Structure (PTOMS), aimed at ensuring equitable
distributionofinternationalassistanceforthereconstructionofthecoastline.

June26

TheAmpara district 'political head' of the LTTE, Kuylinpan, and 40 cadres escape an explosion at
WelikandainthePolonnaruwadistrict.

June27

A mutilated body of a home guard, identified as Sahan Nandasiri, abducted earlier by the LTTE
cadreswasrecoveredatSerunuwarainTrincomaleedistrict.
AsoldierwoundedintheJune9LTTEattackonanEPDPvehicleatChenkaladytownsuccumbsto
hisinjuriesattheColomboNationalHospital.

June29

A LTTE cadre, reportedly distributing copies of the proLTTE Tamil newspaper Sudar Oli and the
LTTE publication Eelanadan, is shot dead by an unidentified gunman at Kalawanchikudy in the
Batticaloadistrict.

June30

ThreesoldiersareshotdeadatUraniintheBatticaloadistrictbytheLTTE.

July2

One police personnel, Chaminda Roshan, is killed at Kalkudah, 35 km north of Batticaloa, by

suspectedLTTEcadres.

July3

ForeignMinisterLakshmanKadirgamarstatedinaninterviewtotheSunday Island newspaper that

theimpartialityofNorwayasapeacebrokerisindoubt.

July4

Two civilians are killed by the LTTE in separate incidents in the Polonnaruwa and Trincomalee
districts.
S.P.Thamilselvan,leaderofthepoliticalwingoftheLTTE,statesthattheoutfitdidnotacceptSri
Lanka'ssovereigntybysigningthePTOMSagreement.

July5

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa presents the officially signed PostTsunami Operational
ManagementStructure(PTOMS)agreementintheParliament.

July6

Two police officers of the National Intelligence Bureau, identified as M.O.L. Rafaideen and B.G.
Kapilasiri, are shot at and wounded by the LTTE at Kalmunai in the Amparai district. Later,
Rafaideensuccumbstohisinjuries.
LTTEkillsa'Colonel'Karunagroupcadre,identifiedasSelvaraja,atValaichchenaiinthe Batticaloa
district.
Six LTTE cadres are arrested from the suburbs of Colombo along with a huge cache of arms and
ammunition.

July7

TheSriLankanParliamentadoptstheDraftBilltogiveeffecttotheConventionontheSuppression
ofTerroristFinancingbyamajorityvote.

July10

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FourLTTEcadres,includingtwoseniorleadersidentifiedasDikkanandSinnavan,arekilledbythe
rival 'colonel' Karuna group at the Selvanayagapuram Agriculture Training Institute in Trincomalee
district.

A soldier escaped with minor injuries when a suspected LTTE cadre detonated a hand grenade at
MadcojunctionintheTrincomaleedistrict.

July11

A student, identified as Sangarapillai Jerrymban, is killed in a grenade attack by suspected LTTE

cadresatEravurintheBatticaloadistrict.

Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process (SCOPP) spokesperson, Sharminee Serasinghe,
states that the Government has decided to provide security escort to the LTTE cadres within the
Governmentcontrolledareas.
July12

In a grenade attack carried out by suspected LTTE cadres, 13 police personnel are injured at
UppuveliintheTrincomaleedistrict.

July13

Nine civilians are injured when a suspected LTTE cadre threw a hand grenade at a Tsunami relief
centresituatedintheMutturareaofTrincomaleedistrict.
In another grenade attack by the LTTE, 10Army personnel, including one officer, attached to the
PansalwattedetachmentareinjuredinTrincomaleedistrict.

July14

ThreeciviliansarekilledbysuspectedLTTEcadresatAkkaraipattuintheAmparaidistrict
One suspected LTTE cadre is killed by the Sri Lankan navy personnel when the former fired at a
navycheckpointinKumurupiddi,Trincomaleedistrict.
SuspectedLTTE'pistolgang'cadresinjureapoliceofficerinanambushatThampalakamamin the
Trincomaleedistrict.
TwociviliansareinjuredinagrenadeattackaimedatamilitaryvehicleintheAnuradhapurajunction
areaofTrincomaleedistrict.

July15

The Supreme Court passes a stay order to block four key provisions of the PTOMS agreement
betweentheGovernmentandLTTE.

July16

OnesecurityforcepersonnelisshotdeadbysuspectedLTTEcadresatEravurintheTrincomalee
district.

July17

SevensuspectedLTTEcadres,includingawomanandanexplosiveexpert,arearrestedalongwith
18claymoreminesandseveralremotecontrolcircuitsfromthePallimunaiandThaalpaaduareasin
Mannardistrict.
S. P. Thamilselvan, in a news conference at Kilinochchi, says that the outfit will carry arms in
Governmentheldareasandanyeffortonthepartofthesecurityforcestostopthemwillforcethem
totakecountermeasureswhichmayleadtoanimminentreturntocivilwar.

July19

KeyinternationaldonorstheEuropeanUnion,UnitedStates,JapanandNorwayinajointstatement
raise concern over the deteriorating security situation in Sri Lanka and demand immediate action
fromtheGovernmentandLTTEtopreventkillings.

July20

Suspected LTTE cadres kill a village officer, identified as Marimuttu Paskaran, at Kalmunai in the
Batticaloadistrict.
Two civilians and one homeguard are injured in a grenade attack by unidentified assailants on a
securitycheckpointatKalavaddamJunctionintheBatticaloadistrict.
SuspectedLTTEcadreslobagrenadeatasecuritycheckpointnearaTsunamirefugeecampinthe
Akkaraipattu area of Ampara district injuring two commandos of the Special Task Force and a
policeconstable.
S.P.Thamilselvan,afterameetingwiththeNorwegiandelegationsaysthatitisthe responsibility
of the Government to salvage the ceasefire. He also claimed that there are no hindrances for the
GovernmentandLTTEtohavedirecttalks.

July21

LTTE kills one Reserve Police Constable, identified as M. Weerasinghe, near the Bank of Ceylon
Building at Pottuvil inAmparai district.A civilian, identified as Kanagasabai Ranjithkumar, who is
injuredinthecrossfirebetweenthepoliceandLTTEsuccumbstohisinjurieslater.
Suspected LTTE cadres lob a grenade at a security checkpoint injuring two civilians and a home
guardintheKalmunaiareaofAmparaidistrict.

July23

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July23

Suspected LTTE cadres kill a retired home guard, identified as L. H. Dayananda, at Potkerny
junctionintheThambalagamuwaareaofTrincomaleedistrict.

July25

The Sri Lankan President, while attending a meeting with the Tokyo Donor Conference CoChairs
representatives states that the Government was willing to review the ceasefire agreement with a
viewtoimprovethesecuritysituationandbuildgreaterconfidence.
TheUNICEFspokesperson,JeffreyKeys,statesthattheLTTErecruited28childrenintotheir force
duringJuly2005alone.

July26

Unidentified assailants kill two civilians, identified as Kumaraswamy Pathmakaran and

SubramaniyamKovulan,intheManipoorareaofVavuniyadistrict.
'Pistolgang'cadresofLTTEkillanEPDPmember,identifiedasPankirajahGeorge,atPuthurinthe
Batticaloadistrict.
Suspected LTTE cadre, identified as Krishnapillai Kiribarathnam, is shot dead at DAM Street, a
Colombosuburb.

July27

LTTE PoliticalAdvisor, Anton Balasingham, states that the LTTE is not interested in renegotiating
theceasefire.

July28

'Pistolgang'cadresof the LTTE kill an EPDP activist, identified as Sooriyapillai Nixon, at Stanley
roadintheJaffnadistrict.

July29

The Sri Lankan Government files a review petition requesting the Supreme Court to reconsider its
interiminjunctiononthePTOMSagreement.TheGovernment hasreportedlyaskedthecourtthat
itbepermittedtocarryonwiththeoperationalaspectofthePTOMSasitwasa"delegatedpower"
made by the Government to the LTTE and did not amount to granting the outfit the functions of
Government.

July30

SuspectedLTTEcadresshotatandinjureacivilian,identifiedasD.Udayasiri,inthePannalagama
areaofAmparadistrict.Theyalsoabductedtwoothercivilianswhowerewithhim.

August1

Acivilian,identifiedasR.Sivakumar, iskilledwhensuspectedLTTEcadreslobbedagrenadeata
marketplaceintheBatticaloadistrict.

August2

ALiberationTigersofTamilEelam 'pistolgang'cadreshotdeadaformerhomeguard,identifiedas
SampathKumara,atWelikandainthePolonnaruwadistrict.

August4

According to the Sri Lankan Army, the Jaffna district Superintendent of Police, W. D. Charles
Wijewardene, was abducted and hacked to death by a mob allegedly instigated by the LTTE at
JaffnaKKS road in the Paalaveddi area. Wijewardene was reportedly attempting to defuse tension
whichhaderuptedafteracivilian,identifiedasJ.Shantharooban,waskilledinanaccidentalgunfire
atInnuviljunctionbyasoldier.

August6

TheLiberationTigersofTamilEelam cadresfireduponthreecivilianskillingoneofthem,identified
asS.HandungeChaminda,intheAmbalamaareaofBatticaloadistrict.

August7

A civilian, identified as Pulandan Thirunavukarasu, is killed when a mine exploded accidentally in

theNunavilWestareaofJaffnadistrict

August10

Unidentified assailants shot dead two LTTE cadres, identified as Ramesh and Sujiventhan, in the
ThirrukkovilareaofAmparadistrict.Oneofthevictimsisreportedtobeaseniorleaderoftheoutfit
belongingtoits'intelligencewing'.

August12

ForeignAffairs Minister, Lakshman Kadirgamar, is shot dead by a suspected LTTE sniper near his
privateresidenceonBullersLaneintheheartofthecapitalColombo.
ShortlyafterthekillingofKadirgamar,astateofemergencyisdeclaredinthecountry.
The 'pistol gang' cadres of LTTE kill two civilians, identified as Sinnadorai Selvarajah and his wife
WelangeeSelvarajah,insidetheirbusinesscentreatWellawattainthecapitalColombo.
Apolicepersonnel,identifiedas Athukorala,iskilledinanambushbytheLTTEatDehiattakandiya
inthePolonnaruwadistrict.

August13

TheLTTEleaderS.P.Thamilchelvandenieshisoutfit'sinvolvementintheassassinationofForeign
MinisterLakshmanKadirgamar.TheGovernmentsubsequentlyrejectsthisLTTEdenial.

August14

President Chandrika Kumaratunga in her address to the Nation describes the assassination of
Kadirgamar as a "horrendously barbaric act of terrorism". "Initial indications of the investigation
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seemtorevealtheclearresponsibilityoftheLTTEinhisbrutalmurder,"shedisclosed.
August15

SuspectedLTTE'pistolgang'cadreskillacivilian,identifiedasRajaPiravu,intheDalukanaareaof
Polonnaruwadistrict.
Unidentifiedassailantsreportedlykill a 'Colonel' Karuna group cadre, identified as Mahathevarajah,
intheNamalpockunaareaofPolonnaruwadistrict.

August16

LTTE cadres kill one SF personnel, identified as Lance Corporal H. K.A. Hendeniya, in a sniper
attackatKeselwattasecuritycheckpointintheMuturareaofTrincomaleedistrict.

August17

UnidentifiedassailantskillaformerTELOmember,identifiedasMathy,intheKurumankaduareaof
Vavuniyadistrict.
Reports indicate that the United Kingdom Charity Commission has removed the proLTTE non
governmentalorganisation,TRO,fromitsregisteredcharitylistsinceAugust10.

August18

TheSriLankaParliamentextendsthestateofemergencybyonemonth.

August19

The LTTE leaderAnton Balasingham accepts the Norwegian proposal to hold direct talks with the
Governmentonthe"practicalfunctioning"oftheceasefireagreement.

August20

Suspected LTTE cadres kill an EPDP member, identified as Nadaraja Kesavavarnan, in the
Vavuniyadistrict.
Unidentified assailants lobbed grenades targeting the LTTE office at Vairavapuliyankulam injuring
threefemalecadresoftheoutfit.

August23

The LTTE puts preconditions prior to any peace talks with the Government. The outfit has
reportedlydemandedsafepassagefortheircadresfromWannitotheEastandviseversa.

August24

Suspected LTTE cadres kill a member of the People's Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam,
RasarathnamSrikanth,intheKovilKulamareaofVavuniyadistrict.
The Government rejects the LTTE demand to hold peace talks in Oslo. A Government
spokesperson stated in Colombo, "We cannot accept the view of LTTE to having peace talks in
foreignsoilwithoutanygoodreason.Thistimethey[LTTE]havetodiscusstheirproblemsherein
SriLanka."

August26

TheSupremeCourtorderstheElectionCommissionertogoaheadwithhisdecisiontocallfor
nominationsforaPresidentialelectionin2005.Deliveringa23pagejudgment,ChiefJusticeSarath
SilvaturneddownPresidentChandrikaKumaratunga'sclaimedlegitimacyofthecontroversial
secondoathtakingceremony,reportedlyheldintheyear2000.

August28

InspectorGeneralofPolice,ChandraFernando,hasstatedthattwopersonsinvolvedinthe
assassinationofForeignAffairsMinisterLakshmanKadirgamarwerearrestedinColomboacouple
ofdaysago."Wehaveevidenceontheconspiracyandroleplayedbytheminplanningthe
assassination,"Fernandodisclosed.

August29

LTTE cadres kill a former member of the Tamil Eelam Liberation Organisation, identified as S.
Shivaruparasa,nearBathiyaMawathaonSaranankararoadinKalubowilainColombo.
One LTTE cadre is killed and three others are injured in an attack by cadres of the rival 'Colonel'
KarunafactionintheVaharaiareaofBatticaloadistrict.
TwobodieswithgunshotinjuriesarefoundintheThepuwanaareaofKalutaradistrict.

August30

The SF personnel in the Kantale area of Trincomalee district arrest six LTTE cadres, including a
member of their Sea Tigers wing, identified as Jeewarathnam Srikanth. Srikanth had Rupees
578,500inhispossessionwhenhewasarrested.
A bulletriddled body of an exLTTE cadre, who had gone reportedly missing from home since
August14isrecoveredfromthePoonaniareaofBatticaloadistrict.

August31

TheLTTEhasreportedlyrejectedaGovernmentoffertoholdtalksinSriLanka.Theoutfit's
responsecameaweekaftertheGovernmentrefusedNorwayasavenueforthetalks.

September1

The Sri Lanka Government has reportedly rejected the LTTE's demand to hold talks in Kilinochchi
districtandhaveofferedfortalksin'noman'sland'.SpokespersonNimalSiripaladeSilvasaid:"As
the government, we are against the LTTE's offer to hold the talks in their controlled Kilinochchi,
whichistheLTTE'spoliticalheadquarters."

September2

Suspected LTTE cadres shot dead a former member of the 'Colonel' Karuna group in the
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WennappuwaareaofPuttalamdistrict.TheInternationalCommitteeofthe Red Cross officials has

reportedlyfoundadeadbodyofaLTTEcadre,identifiedasGajarubanaliasNiruban,intheWanni
district.
September4

TheLTTEcadresfireatSFpersonnelpostedatKahapilimajunctionintheBatticaloadistrict,killing
PrivateR.A.AnuruddhaKumara.
Cadres of the 'Colonel' Karuna group lob a hand grenade towards the LTTE political office at
Kaluwanchikudy in the Batticaloa district and subsequently shot dead a LTTE cadre, identified as
K.Arulnesan.

September5

LTTEcadreslobagrenadetargetingtroopspostedattheBlackBridgesecuritycheckpointinthe
Chenkalady area of Batticaloa district and subsequently shot dead a soldier, identified as
BombardierG.R.P.P.Bandara.

September6

Dead bodies of two civilians, identified as Kirupairasa Rupanraj and Muthuvel Jegatheeswaran,
abductedearlieronSeptember5,arerecoveredfromtheRagamaareaofGampahadistrict.
ThreeLTTEcadresareallegedlykilledandfiveotherswoundedbytheKarunafactioninanattack
attheoutfit'scampatKattumurivuintheVakaraiareaofBatticaloadistrict.

September7

AgroupofLTTEcadreslobagrenadeinjuringfoursoldiersintheUranijunctionareaofBatticaloa
district.OneofthecadresissubsequentlykilledduringretaliatoryactionbytheSFpersonnel.

September8

LTTEcadreslobahandgrenadeandsubsequentlyopenedfiretargetingthesecurityforces,killing
twopolicepersonnelandinjuringsixothersintheKattankudyareaofBatticaloadistrict.
Thepolicearereportedtohaveshotdeadacadreofthe'Colonel'KarunagroupintheIrudiyapuram
areaofBatticaloadistrictwhenhewasallegedlycaughtfiringtowardsaLTTEcadre.
TheLTTErejectsaNorwegianproposalofholdingpeacetalksattheColombointernationalairport.

September9

LTTE 'pistol gang' cadres shot dead a member of the People's Liberation Organization of Tamil
Eelam,identifiedasGopalVilvarasa,andinjuredanothercivilianintheVavuniyadistrict.
'Pistol gang' cadres shot dead a Sri Lanka Military Intelligence personnel, identified as M.P.M.
Mohomed,atthe2ndcrossstreetinVavuniyadistrict.
The European Union has reportedly appealed to the LTTE to resume peace talks with the
Government. EU Commissioner for External Affairs, Benita FerreroWaldner, told the media that
"Theyhavetocomebacktothenegotiatingtable."

September11

AgroupofLTTEcadresabducttwocivilians,identifiedasMutturajaMuralidaranandKulasekaram
Udayakumaran,andsubsequentlykillthemintheWelikandaareaofPolonnaruwadistrict.

September13

Unidentified assailants abducted a civilian, identified as Balasingham Sivanesan, from the Uduvil
areaofJaffnadistrictandsubsequentlykilledhimintheInnuvilarea.
The Sri Lanka Supreme Court extends its interim injunction on the implementation of certain
clausesofthePostTsunamiOperationalManagementStructureagreementtillNovember22,2005.

September14

'Pistolgang'cadresoftheLTTEshotdeadacivilian,identifiedasSabhanandaSharma,atAnjaneer
TempleintheMarandanamadamareaofJaffnadistrict.
AsoldieroftheSriLankaNational Guard,StaffSergeantS.NavaratneRajah,iskilledinagrenade
attackbytheLTTEintheBatticaloatown.

September16

Unidentified assailants shot dead Loganathan, a member of the EPRLF, along theA9 highway in
Vavuniyadistrict.
S.P.ThamilselvanhasreportedlycalledforimmediatetalkswiththeSriLankanGovernmentonthe
ceasefire. He said the LTTE was ready "even in the next minute" to begin talks with the
Government.

September19

Two'pistolgang'cadresoftheLTTEshotdeadacivilian,identifiedasSelvathuraiYoganadanrasa,
intheGaneshapuramareaofVavuniyadistrict.
The LTTE 'pistol gang' cadres reportedly shot dead a former cadre of the outfit, identified as
MalasurinWimaleshvaran,intheVellaveliareaofTrincomaleedistrict.
Sri Lanka's international donors reiterated that the ceasefire agreement was facing its "most
serious challenge" and wanted the LTTE to "take immediate public steps to demonstrate their
commitmenttothepeaceprocessandtheirwillingnesstochange"andcalledforan"immediateend
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topoliticalassassinationsbytheLTTEandanendtoLTTErecruitmentofchildsoldiers."
September20

The LTTE chief, Velupillai Prabhakaran, in a letter to the Norway's newly elected Prime Minister,
JensStoltenberg,hasreportedlyurgedhimforhisGovernment'scontinuedroleasafacilitatorinSri
Lanka'speaceprocess.

September21

Unidentified assailants shot dead a local Government officer, identified as Alagaratnam

Jeevaratnam, in front of his residence at Vinayakapuram in the Valaichenai area of Batticaloa
district.
The Sri Lankan Parliament extends the state of emergency, which was imposed after the
assassinationofForeignMinisterLakshmanKadirgamaronAugust12,byonemonth.

September23

ReservePoliceSergeant,T.K.Wimalawardane, who was shot at by the LTTE cadres at Mayalapu

junctionintheAkkaraipattuareaofBatticaloadistrictonSeptember22,succumbstohisinjuries.

September24

Unidentified assailants shot dead a civilian, identified as Welu Krishokumar, in the Batticaloa
district.

September27

SuspectedLTTEcadreshotdeadawoman,identifiedasLeelawathiSubramaniumaliasShanthi,in
theNavanthuraiareaofJaffnadistrict.
Unidentified assailants shot dead a civilian, identified as T.M. Sunil, in the Navalady area of
Batticaloadistrict.
Acivilian,SinnaiyahRamalingam, ishackedtodeathbyagroupofsuspectedLTTEcadresinthe
IlandamoddaiareaofMannardistrict.
The European Union (EU) has barred LTTE cadres from visiting its memberstates and said it is
consideringlistingthegroupasaterroristorganisation.

September28

UnidentifiedassailantslobgrenadestargetingaTamilRehabilitationOfficelocatedonStationRoad
near Batticaloa Railway station, killing a civilian, identified as Thambyappa Velauthappillai and
injuringtwoothers.
S. P. Thamilchelvan has reportedly appealed to the EU for reconsideration of its recent decision
that "delegations from the LTTE will no longer be received in any of the EU Member States until
furthernotice."

September29

Acivilian,identifiedasA.S.Hakeem, isshotdeadbythreesuspected'pistolgang'cadresofLTTE
inthePalanagarareaofTrincomaleedistrict.

September30

Unidentified assailants shot dead two civilians, identified as Thillainathan Mathivathanan and
Mahadevan Umatharan, and injure another one at Pillayar Temple in the Valaichenai area of
Batticaloadistrict.
Anothercivilian,KrishnapullaiYogakumar,isshotdeadbytwounidentifiedassailants.

October1

TwosuspectedcadresoftheLTTEshot dead a civilian, identified as R.B. Wickramarathne, in the

KalmunaiareaofAmparaidistrict.
The Sri Lankan Government spokesperson, Nimal Siripala de Silva, is reported to have said that
ceasefireviolationsbytheLTTEpromptedtheEuropeanUniontotakeactionagainsttheoutfit.

October2

SuspectedLTTEcadresintheKudapokunaareaofPolonnaruwadistrictkillaformerLTTEactivist,
CandaiahPonnarasa.

October3

LTTEcadresintheVannarapannaiareaofJaffnadistrictkillKitnanParameshwaram,asupporterof
theEelamPeople'sDemocraticParty.
Two 'pistol gang' cadres of the LTTE shot dead a civilian, Ponnathurai Subendran, when he
reportedlyrefusedtopayransomtotheoutfitintheChunnakamareaofJaffnadistrict.
A 22 yearold student is killed by the LTTE in Vallipuram area, as the student had not obtained a
permitfromtheoutfittotransportsandforhishouseconstructionwork.

October4

Acivilian,RasarathinamRajavinothan, isshotdeadbyunidentifiedassailantsatDutchroadinthe
UduvilareaofJaffnadistrict.

October5

TheLTTE'pistolgang'cadresshotdeadacivilian,S.MohammedVahab,andinjureanotheroneat
UdayarjunctionintheKalumunaiareaofAmparaidistrict.
ThePolicerecoverthedeadbodyofaHomeGuard,identifiedasN.SarathKumara,whohadgone
missingsinceSeptember21,fromtheAriamankerniarea.
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October6

'Pistol gang' cadres of the LTTE shot dead an activist of the EPDP, Kinsley Weeraratne, in the
PallaiyuttuareaofTrincomaleedistrict.

October7

Two civilians, Selvarajah Selvakumar and Arumugam Paramanathan, are shot dead and eight
otherssustainedinjurieswhenunidentifiedassailantsopenedfireandsimultaneouslylobagrenade
intheValaichenaiareaofBatticaloadistrict.
Another civilian, Kandasamy Senthil Kumar, who reportedly was a sympathiser of EPDP and a
ChairmanofaHinduTemple,isshotdeadby'pistolgang'cadresoftheLTTEintheKaraiyurareaof
Jaffnadistrict.
TheNorwegianEmbassyinColombo,inastatement,rulesoutearlydirectpeacetalksbetweenthe
SriLankanGovernmentandLTTE.

October10

Cadres of the Karuna faction launch an attack on a convoy of LTTE 'Eastern military wing' leader
Bhanu with claymore mines and completely destroyed four vehicles in the LTTEcontrolled
VavunativuareainBatticaloadistrict.

October12

'Pistol gang' cadres of the LTTE shot dead a civilian, identified as K. Rajadurai, in front of the
WeerasinghamhallinJaffnatown.
A LTTE cadre, Rasalingam Pugalenthiran, Is shot dead by a group of unidentified assailants
wearingmilitaryuniformsatMayilavedduvanintheEravurareaofBatticaloadistrict.

October13

A SF personnel, identified as Private D.M.Dilanga Dissanayake, is killed when LTTE cadres lob a
hand grenade and subsequently open fire targeting a security checkpoint in the Santhiveli area of
Batticaloadistrict.
Unidentified assailants shot dead a police personnel and injured another in the Nelliyadi area of
Jaffnadistrict.
Norwegian peace envoy to Sri Lanka, Trond Furuhovde, hold talks with the political wing leader of
the LTTE, S.P. Thamilselvam, in Kilinochchi and stressed the need for renewed peace talks
betweentheSriLankaGovernmentandtheoutfit.

October17

UnidentifiedassailantsopenfireonaSFcheckpointneartheMariammanHinduTempleinPuttalam
district,killingapolicepersonnel.
'Colonel' Karuna, leader of the breakaway LTTE faction, has reportedly appealed to the Prime
MinisterofUnitedKingdom,TonyBlair,totakestrongandfirmaction to proscribe the LTTE in the
European Union member countries. He also urges the United Nations International Criminal Court
that,"ItistimethatPrabhakaranwasindictedforwarcrimesandcrimesagainsthumanity."

October18

Unidentified LTTE cadres shot dead a police personnel, identified as Kamal Indrajith, and injure
another in the Kalavanchikudy area of Batticaloa district. The Sri Lanka Parliament extends the
StateofEmergencyforanothermonthtillNovember13.
This is the second extension of the Emergency, which was imposed on August 13 following the
assassinationofForeignMinisterLakshmanKadirgamaronthenightofAugust12.

October19

Twounidentifiedassailantsshotdeadalocalvillageofficer,identifiedasPereraWeerasingham,in
theKankankulamareaofVavuniyadistrict.
Unidentified assailants shot dead a civilian, identified as Meeralebbe Mohammadu Hanifa Muslim,
intheAkkaraipattuareaofAmparaidistrict,

October20

The LTTE is reported to have rejected the Norwegian brokered peace talks. "We are informed that
the LTTE remains unchanged and they are not ready for talks on the ceasefire agreement or the
violations of human rights," stated Government spokesperson, Nimal Siripala de Silva. The
spokesperson further told that the Sri Lanka Government totally denied that it had breached the
ceasefireagreementbyflyinganAirForceunmannedaerialvehicle,whichcrashedintheVavuniya
districtonOctoberober19.

October26

Two LTTE cadres are killed by the breakaway faction of Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias
ColonelKarunaineasternSriLankasPolonnaruwadistrict.

October27

SuspectedLTTEcadresshotdeadanactivistoftheNorthandEastSinhalaOrganisation,identified
asA.W.PAnura,intheORRShillareaofTrincomaleedistrict.

October28

The SLMM chief, Hagrup Haukland, holds discussions with the LTTE political wing leader, S.P.
Thamilselvan, in Kilinochchi on upholding the ceasefire during the November 17 elections and
strengthening it further in the future. He reportedly has urged the LTTE to expedite the release of
threepolicepersonnelwhoweredetainedonSeptember9forenteringtheoutfitheldareatoarresta
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Britishpedophile.
October30

According to Sri LankaArmy reports, unidentified assailants shot dead a senior Army Intelligence
Officer,LieutenantColonelTRMeedinoftheMilitaryIntelligenceCorps,intheKiribathgodaareaof
Colombodistrict.

October31

The LTTE cadres lob a hand grenade targeting a group of police personnel in the Jaffna district,
killingapoliceconstable,identifiedasG.R.LalithBndara,andinjuringthreeothers.
ALTTEsymathiser,suspectedtobeaninformeroftheoutfit,isshotdeadintheValachchenaiarea
ofBatticaloadistrict.

November1

Acivilian,LyyadoraiGaneshan,isshotdeadbysuspectedLTTEcadresintheBlackBridgeareaof
Batticaloa district. Another civilian, identified as Rajendra Rejinikanth, is shot dead by the LTTE
cadresintheNelliadyareaofJaffnadistrict.

November2

A former cadre of the LTTE, Sellathambi Punyamoorthi, who had deserted the outfit and was
leading a normal life, is shot dead by LTTE pistol gang cadres in the Valachchenai area of
Batticaloadistrict.

November3

A member of the EPDP, identified as Arumugam Pathmakanthan, is shot dead by unidentified

assailantsnearapolicepostlocatednorthofBatticaloatown.Acivilian andthreepolicepersonnel
arealsoinjuredintheincident.

November5

A civilian, identified as Sinnathrai Muratheelan, suspected to be a former police informant, is shot

deadbyallegedpistolgangcadresoftheLTTEintheTrincomaleedistrict.

November6

Unidentifiedassailantsshotdeadacivilian,ThasaputhiranThasakumar,intheAkkaraipattuarea of
Amparaidistrict.

November7

Suspected pistol gang cadres of the LTTE kill a civilian, identified as Velayudan Gnanendran, in
theKannagipuramareaofAmparaidistrict.

November9

TheheadoftheSecretariatforCoordinatingthePeaceProcess,JayanthaDhanapala,resignsfrom
hispost.

November11

Two civilians, Mohammed Munas and Athambava Mohammed Lebbe, are killed and four others
sustain injuries when a claymore mine exploded at Kirimichchai in the Vaharai area of Batticaloa
district.Suspected pistol gang cadres of the LTTE shot dead a police personnel, Constable
Senanayake,intheThirunelveliareaofJaffnadistrict.

November12

Unidentified assailants shot dead an EPDP member, identified as Vellaipodi Rasanayagam, in the
WellawatteareaofColombodistrict.

November14

CadresoftheColonelKarunafactionabductandsubsequentlykilltwotopLTTEleaders,including
AmparaidistrictmilitarycommanderSuresh,intheAkkaraipattuarea.

November16

Unidentifiedassailantsshotdeadacivilian,AhammadLebbeThaheer,intheNatpittymunaiareaof
Amparai district on. Elsewhere, another civilian is shot dead by unidentified assailants in the
Maruthamunaiarea.
A civilian, identified as Rajmohan Seenithamby, a former member of the TELO, is shot dead by
unidentifiedassailantsintheValaichenaiareaofBatticaloadistrict.
LTTEkillsHomeGuardSusanthaPathmaKumaraintheHandapanwilaareaofPollonaruwadistrict.
Another SF personnel, Home Guard Ranjith Kumara, is shot dead by a LTTE cadre in the
KalumunaiareaofAmparaidistrict.
SFsfindtwounidentifieddeadbodiesofsuspectedLTTEcadresintheNavaldyareaofBatticaloa
district.
TheLTTEandTNAreiteratethatthereisnochangeinitspositionofnotsupportinganypresidential
candidateintheNovemberember17Presidentialpolls.
TheLTTEbreakawayleaderColonel KarunacallsuponthepeopleoftheNortheastnottoboycott
theelection.

November17

Voting for the presidential poll is held under heavy police deployment across the country. A low
voter turnout is reported from the Northern Province after the LTTE announced that it would not
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The LTTE cadres shot dead a Muslim religious leader in the Kalmunai area of Amparai district.
Another civilian, identified as R.M. Hempala, is shot dead by unidentified assailants in the
AmbuwelipuramareaofTrincomaleedistrict.
Two LTTE cadres, Niroshan and Sathyan, are killed and six persons sustain injuries in the
Kalumunai area of Amparai district when a claymore mine the cadres were preparing inside a
civilianshouseexploded.
SecurityforcesdiscoverunidentifieddeadbodiesoftwoyouthsallegedlykilledbysuspectedLTTE
cadresintheValaichchenaiareaofBatticaloadistrict.
November18

Six civilians are killed and 21 others, including a child, sustain injuries when LTTE cadres lobbed
handgrenadestargetingamosqueintheAkkaraipattuareaofAmparaidistrict.
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party wins the Presidential poll by
defeatingRanilWickremesingheoftheUnitedNationalParty.

November19

President Mahinda Rajapaksa says that he would restart the stalled peace talks soon. He invites
theLTTEtoparticipateinpeacetalksaimedatdurablepeaceinthecountry."IhopetheLTTEwill
considerthepeaceofferseriously.Bothpartiescanstartthepeacetalkswithanagreed timeframe
oncetheLTTEreadiesforthetalks,"thePresidentsaidwhileaddressingthenation.Headdedthat
he would take several measures to amend the casefire agreement with the LTTE to ensure no
futurehostilesituations.

November20

Unidentifiedassailantsshotdeadtwocivilians,MeerasaivuAhammedLebbeandhiswife Fowziya
Lebbaithamby,intheValachchenaiareaofBatticaloadistrict.
TheNorwegianGovernmenthassaidthatitiswillingtocontinueitsroleasfacilitatorof the peace
processifbothpartiestheGovernmentandLTTEaskforsuchassistance.

November22

TheGovernmentwillcontinue the state of emergency, which was imposed after the assassination
ofForeignMinisterLakshmanKadirgamaronAugust12.
LTTErejectsPresidentRajapaskascallforpeacetalks.

November24

President Rajapaksa appoints Deputy Secretary General of the Government's Peace Secretariat,
Dr. John Gooneratne, as its new chief. The former head of the Peace Secretariat, Jayantha
Dhanapala, who had tendered his resignation to the then President Chandrika Kumaratunga on
October31,willcontinueastheadvisortotheSriLankanpeaceprocess.

November25

In his Statement of Government Policy at the opening of the new Parliamentary session in
Colombo,PresidentMahindaRajapaksasetoutthebroadparametersofhisGovernment'snewand
inclusive approach for 'peace with dignity' to end the ethnic conflict. "Our method is discussion
insteadofwar.Weareawarethatsuchdiscussionsarenotsimpleandeasy.Yet,itistheonlyway
to peace," he said. Rajapakse added that the current Ceasefire Agreement would be revised to
ensure the protection of human rights, prevent recruitment of children for war, safeguard national
security,andpreventterroristacts.

November26

A suspected LTTE cadre kills a civilian, identified as Marukanda Sashikara, in the Kayts area of
Jaffnadistrict.

November27

The LTTE issues an ultimatum to the new Government to come up with a reasonable' political
settlement soon or risk the outfit setting up a separate state next year. LTTE chief Velupillai
PrabhakaraninhisannualHeroesDaysaidtheirpatiencewaswearingthinandhewas making a
finalappealforapoliticalsettlementthatwouldanswertheircallforaseparatestatefortheTamils.

November28

President Rajapaksa invites the LTTE for peace talks and promises to maintain the ceasefire
agreement.
The leader of the breakaway faction of LTTE, Colonel Karuna, said that "only Indian and the UK
countries understand our problems very well" and "in particular, India is the country which should
come forward to settle our problem." He also said, "The Sri Lankan government should also
reconsidertheroleofNorway,whichhadfacilitatedthe[Ceasefire]Agreement."

December1

Unidentified assailants kill two civilians, Shivakumar and Krisnakumar, and injure another in the
NeerveliareaofJaffnadistrict.
InjointpressstatementreleasedinNewDelhi,ForeignMinisterMangalaSamaraweeraemphasizes
thecontinuedcommitmentoftheGovernmenttothemaintenanceof the Ceasefire, and the desire
for a review of its operations, so that the implementation of the Agreement can be made more
effective.The Government also extends a firm invitation to the LTTE to negotiations for a political
solution,thestatementadded.
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ConstitutionalAffairs Minister D.E.W. Gunasekara dismisses the LTTE's ultimatum for a political
settlementbynextyearandsaidnodeadlinecouldbeimposedtoresolvethelongstandingethnic
conflict.
December2

A civilian, Hemasiri alias Lokku Iya, is shot dead by unidentified assailants in the Anuradhapura
junctionareaofTrincomaleedistrict.
TheSriLankanGovernmentdescribesas"positive"therecentHeroesDayaddressbyLTTEchief
Prabhakaran.TheGovernmentsaidthatitwouldactwith"responsibility"totheLTTEdemandfora
reasonablepoliticalframeworkbynextyear.

December3

A soldier, identified as Lance Corporal B.G.S. Jayawardene, is killed and three others are injured
whenLTTEcadresambushedanArmytruckintheChavakachcheriarea.

December4

Six soldiers are killed and four persons, including a soldier, sustained injuries when two claymore
minesweredetonated,reportedlybytheLTTEatKondavilontheJaffnaPalalymainroad.
At least six civilians are killed and two others sustain injuries in clashes between Muslims and
TamilsintheMutturareaofTrincomaleesinceDecember3.

December5
December6
December7

Unidentified assailants have shot dead two civilians, identified as Nizwan and Rizwan, in the
MaruthamunaiareaofBatticaloadistrict.
Four cadres of the Colonel Karuna faction, including a senior commander, identified as
IniyabarathyaliasBarathy,arekilledbytheLTTEintheSiyambalanduwaareaofAmparaidistrict.
SixSFpersonnelarekilledandonesustainsinjuriesinaclaymoremineexplosionintheIrupalai
areaofJaffnadistrict.
A15yearoldcadreoftheLTTEopenfireandsubsequentlylobahandgrenade,killingtwoofhis
ownsisters,identifiedasSurerasaYogeshwariandSurerasaLingamKutti,andinjuringatwoyear
oldinfant,intheMavadivembuareaofBatticaloadistrict.
Acivilianiskilledandeightpersons,includingasoldier,sustaininjurieswhensuspectedcadresof
theLTTElobahandgrenadeintheVavuniyatown.

December8
December9

PresidentMahindaRajapaksainvitestheNorwegianGovernmenttocontinueitsroleasfacilitator
ofthepeaceprocess.Norway,meanwhile,agreestotherequesttorestartpeacetalksbetween
theGovernmentandLTTE,butonlyifcertainconditionsaremet.
UnidentifiedassailantshaveshotdeadaMuslimcivilian,S.Samsudeen,andinjuredanotherone
intheEravurareaofBatticaloadistrict.
Unidentified assailants have abducted and subsequently killed a LTTE cadre, identified as C.
Jeevanandan,intheValachchenaiareaofBatticaloadistrict.
AsuspectedLTTEcadre,K.P.Shashikumar,iskilledbyunidentifiedassailantsintheKiranarea
ofBatticaloadistrict.
NorwegianPrime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has stated in NewDelhi that Oslo will be willing to
resumeitsroleasafacilitatorifbothare"serious"and"respectedtheceasefire."

December10
December11

President Rajapakse has told the visiting Japanese Peace Envoy, Yasushi Akashi, that the
facilitators and monitors cannot be from the same country (Norway) and there should be two
separate entities to facilitate the peace process and to monitor the ceasefire. He has further
addedthathewouldwelcomemonitorsfromJapan,SouthAsiaandotherScandinaviancountries
tomonitortheNorwegianbrokeredceasefireagreement.
TheLTTEasksNorwaytoarrangeurgentpeacetalkswiththeGovernmenttopreventSriLanka
fromslidingbackintowarafter31peoplediedinaweekofviolence.
LTTE cadres set free a women cadre of the outfit after killing a police personnel, identified as
MaheshRanasinghe,onguarddutyatahospitalintheVavuniyadistrict.
JapanisreadytohostdirectnegotiationsbetweentheSriLankanGovernmentandLTTEtoreview
theceasefireagreement,whichhasbeeninforcesince2002.

December12

ThepoliticalwingleaderoftheLTTE,S.P.Thamilselvan,saysthattheoutfithasvowedtouseall
availableresourcestofightunlessgivenahomeland.
Unidentified assailants abduct two civilians, Thambirasa Thambymuthu and Chandran
Kandasamy,andsubsequentlyshotthemdeadintheKiranareaofBatticaloadistrict.
EPDP activist, Michael Collin alias Murali, is shot dead by LTTE cadres near Allers Garden
RefugeeCampinUppuveli,ontheTrincomaleeNilavelimainroad.

December14

PrimeMinister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake has stated that in the future, the armed forces would
notengageingroundleveltalkswiththeTigers.
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Suspected LTTE cadres attacked a SLAF MI 17 helicopter on its way to pick up an Italian
delegation,includingItalianDeputyForeignMinister,MargheritaBoniver,whichwasonanofficial
visittoArugambe areaintheAmparaidistrict.Thehelicopterisslightlydamaged, butnocasualty
isreportedintheincident.
A security force personnel, identified as SureshAnthoney, is shot dead by suspected cadres of
theLTTEinthePaluuththuwaareaofTrincomaleedistrict.
Suspected LTTE cadres shot dead a cadre of the breakaway Colonel Karuna faction,
SivapulanduPassirasaaliasThran,intheKudapokunaareaofPolonnaruwadistrict.
Rejectingthe Sri Lanka Government proposal of holding the peace talks at anAsian venue, the
LTTEhasinsteadsuggestedOsloastheidealvenue.
A civilian, identified as H.M.Chandrasiri,is shot dead by the LTTE in the Anuradhapura area of
Trincomaleedistrict.
UnidentifiedassailantsshotdeadaSFpersonnel,AjitKumara,intheVadamarachyEastareaof
Amparaidistrict.
Unidentified assailants shot dead a civilian, identified as K. Navaratnam, who was the Jaffna
districtorganiserfortheTamilResurgenceTaskForce,intheHospitalRoadareaofJaffnatown.
LTTEcadreskillaSFpersonnel,PrivateP.A.Pridarshana,inJaffnadistrict.
LTTEcadres shot dead a young girl, Vallinayagi Thambirajah, and injured her father, when she
triedtofoiltheirattempttoabducthersisterintheEravurareaofBatticaloadistrict.
TheLTTEisreportedtohaveshotdeadanArmyintelligenceofficerintheNuwaraEliyadistrict.
The LTTE is reported to have blown up a navy road convoy at Thalaimannar area in the
northwesterndistrictofMannarkillingatleast15sailorsandinjuring15more.A defenceministry
officialtoldAFPthemilitarysuspectedthatLTTEcadresmayhaveusedaClaymoretypesurface
mountedexplosivedeviceandalsofiredarocketpropelledgrenadeattheconvoy.
LTTEcadres lobbed a hand grenade and subsequently opened fire targeting SF personnel in the
ChavakachcheriareaofJaffnadistrict,killingawoman,identifiedasMarkanduPushpamalar.
LTTEcadresmadeanabortiveattempttoambushSFswhowereconductingacordonandsearch
operationintheFortareaofJaffnadistrict,injuringthreeSFpersonnel.Inretaliatoryaction,SFs
killedfiveLTTEcadres,includingafemaleidentifiedasThamilEtchchi.
ATamilNationalAllianceMemberofParliament,JosephPararajasingham,wasshotdeadinsidea
churchinBatticaloadistrictintheearlyhoursofChristmasdaybyanunidentifiedgunman.
An army personnel shot dead two LTTE cadres while they were attempting to throw a hand
grenadeattroopswhowereonafootpatrolintheSanthiveliareaofBatticaloadistrict.
TwoautorickshawdriversarekilledbytheLTTEafterbeingaccusedofbeingpoliceinformersin
Trincomaleetown.

December27

InVavuniya,LTTEcadresshotdeadacivilian,VeerappanThripupathy.
11 soldiers are killed and four others injured when LTTE cadres triggered a remote controlled
claymoremineexplosiontargetinganarmytruckinthePulolywestareaofJaffnadistrict.
A SF personnel, identified as Sunil, is killed and his wife and brotherinlaw are injured when
unidentified assailants lobbed a grenade and simultaneously opened fire inside his house in the
SangamamareaofTrincomaleedistrict.

December28

December31

LTTEcadresshotdeadapolicepersonnel,ConstableMohammedMeeraNaiyaz,intheKalumunai
areaofAmparaidistrict.
SriLankanArmysoldiersmanningthecheckpointatMutthiraiJunctioninJaffnadistrict,shotdead
twoyouthsonavehicle.
During a meeting between Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Sri Lankan President
Mahinda Rajapakse in New Delhi, the former remained noncommittal on Rajapakse's suggestion
forIndiasdirectroleinthepeaceprocess.
Securityforcesdetainatleast900peopleinamajorhousetohousesearchinthecapitalColombo
aspartofamajorhuntforLTTEcadres.

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