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has gloss | eng: The Havelock Road Bombing, 1991 was the detonation of a remote controlled car bomb on March 2, 1991, during rush hour in Thimbirigasyaya (also known as Havelocktown) a suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka. According to Janes Information Group it was carried out to assistant Ranjan Wijeratne, the Sri Lankan Foreign Minister and Minister of State for Defense (deputy defense minister) by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) which is proscribed as a terrorist organization by 31 countries (see list). The bomb was detonated as the Ministers armored car passed it, killing 19 people including the minister, five security personal and 13 civilian bysatnaders. |
lexicalization | eng: Havelock Road Bombing, 1991 |
instance of | c/Terrorist attacks attributed to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam |
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