
How Sri Lanka's president survived a suicide bombing
The History Hour
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The Columbo Suicide Bombing
Three thousand people were packed inside the shrilanken central bank when a lorry laden with high explosives was rammed into its entrance. The tigers believed that tamu culture was being suppressed and wanted to create an independent state in the northeast of shalanka. They had fought a bloody civil war with the sinila dominated government since 19 83.
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