List of people killed by Sri Lankan government forces

The following is a list of notable killings, including terrorists attributed to armed groups under the control of the Sri Lankan government – Army, Navy, Air Force, Police and paramilitary groups (Home Guards/Civil Defence Force, Eelam People's Democratic Party, Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal etc.).

Killings in chronological order

Victim Position Date Location District Province Method Perpetrators Refs
Premawathie ManamperiBeauty queen1971KataragamaMoneragalaUvaShotArmy[1][2]
Father George JeyarajasinghamMethodist priest; human rights activist13 December 1984MannarNorthernShotArmy[3][4]
Father Mary BastianCatholic priest; human rights activist6 January 1985VankalaiMannarNorthernShotMilitary[3][5][6]
Vijaya KumaranatungaSri Lanka Mahajana Party leader, actor16 February 1988ColomboColomboWesternShotGovernment[lower-alpha 1][8][9][10]
Padmasiri ThrimavitharanaMedical student and prominent student activist22 October 1988RatnapuraRatnapuraSabaragamuwaTortureParamilitaries[11]
K. S. RajaRadio Ceylon journalist1989ColomboColomboWesternShotEPDP[12]
Wijedasa LiyanarachchiLawyer2 September 1989Colombo General HospitalColomboWesternTorturePolice[13]
Upatissa GamanayakeDeputy leader of the Janatha Vimukthi PeramunaNovember 1989Security Forces[14]
Rohana WijeweeraLeader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna13 November 1989Borella, ColomboColomboWesternSecurity Forces[14]
Nihal SilvaComedian and actor3 December 1989DehiwalaColomboWesternShotArmy
Richard de ZoysaAuthor; journalist18 February 1990Welikadawatte, ColomboColomboWesternShotPolice[15][16][17][18][19]
Rear Admiral Mohan JayamahaSenior naval officer8 August 1992KaytsJaffnaNorthernLand mineArmy[lower-alpha 2][21]
Lt. Gen. Denzil KobbekaduwaSenior army officer8 August 1992KaytsJaffnaNorthernLand mineArmy[lower-alpha 2][21]
Maj. Gen. Vijaya WimalaratneSenior army officer8 August 1992KaytsJaffnaNorthernLand mineArmy[lower-alpha 2][21]
Lalith AthulathmudaliFormer cabinet minister; United National Party Member of Parliament23 April 1993Kirulapana, ColomboColomboWesternShotSecurity Forces[lower-alpha 3][23]
Rohana KumaraSatana editor7 September 1999Pangiriwatte, ColomboColomboWesternShotGovernment[24][25][26][27][28]
Nadarajah Atputharajah (alias Ramesh)Eelam People's Democratic Party Member of Parliament2 November 1999ColomboColomboWesternShotEPDP[29][30][31]
Vasthian Anthony MariyadasSri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation journalist31 December 1999VavuniyaVavuniyaNorthernShotSecurity Forces[32]
Kumar PonnambalamLeader of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress5 January 2000ColomboColomboWesternShotGovernment[33]
Mylvaganam NimalarajanBBC journalist19 October 2000JaffnaJaffnaNorthernShotEPDP[34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41]
Gangai AmaranDeputy leader of the Sea Tigers2001AkkaraayankulamKilinochchiNorthernClaymore mineArmy (LRRP)[42][43]
Colonel NizamLTTE’s military intelligence leader for the east14 June 2001VaathakkalmaduBatticaloaEasternClaymore mineArmy (LRRP)[42][44][45]
Major ManoLTTE’s head of communications for the east17 September 2001PaththarakkaddaiBatticaloaEasternClaymore mineArmy (LRRP)[42][46]
Colonel ShankarLTTE’s second in command26 September 2001OddusuddanMullaitivuNorthernClaymore mineArmy (LRRP)[42][47]
Aiyathurai NadesanVirakesari journalist31 May 2004BatticaloaBatticaloaEasternShotTMVP[48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55]
A. ChandranehruFormer Tamil National Alliance Member of Parliament7 February 2005BatticaloaEasternENDLF/TMVP[29][56]
E. KousalyanLTTE's regional political leader7 February 2005BatticaloaEasternENDLF/TMVP[29][56]
Taraki SivaramTamilNet editor28 April 2005ColomboWesternShotPLOTE/TMVP[57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70]
Joseph PararajasinghamTamil National Alliance Member of Parliament25 December 2005BatticaloaBatticaloaEasternShotEPDP/TMVP[29][71][72]
Father Thiruchelvam Nihal Jim BrownCatholic priest2006AllaipiddyJaffnaNorthernNavy[73][74][75][76][77][78][79]
Subramaniyam SugirdharajanSudar Oli journalist24 January 2006TrincomaleeTrincomaleeEasternShotEPDP[80][81][82][83][84]
Vanniasingam VigneswaranPresident of the Trincomalee District Tamil Peoples' Forum7 April 2006TrincomaleeTrincomaleeEasternShotTMVP[29]
Ranjith KumarUthayan journalist2 May 2006JaffnaJaffnaNorthernShotEPDP[85][86][87][88][89]
Suresh KumarUthayan journalist2 May 2006JaffnaJaffnaNorthernShotEPDP[85][86][87][88][89]
Colonel RamananLTTE’s military leader for Batticaloa District21 May 2006VavunathivBatticaloaEasternShotArmy/TMVP[90]
Sampath Lakmal de SilvaSathdina journalist2 July 2006DehiwelaColomboWesternShotArmy[91][92][93][94][95][96][97][98]
Pon. GaneshamoorthyGeneral Manager of the People's Bank; literary figure; poet4 August 2006KankesanthuraiJaffnaNorthernShotMilitary intelligence[99]
S. SivamaharajahFormer Tamil United Liberation Front Member of Parliament20 August 2006TellippalaiJaffnaNorthernShotEPDP[29][100][101][102][103][104]
Nadarajah SivakadatchamPrincipal of Kopay Christian College11 October 2006JaffnaJaffnaNorthernShotEPDP[105]
Nadarajah RavirajTamil National Alliance Member of Parliament10 November 2006ColomboColomboWesternShotEPDP/TMVP[29][106][107]
Chandrabose SuthaharanNilam editor16 April 2007ThirunavatkulamVavuniyaNorthernShotSecurity Forces[108][109][110]
Selvarajah RajivarnamUthayan journalist29 April 2007JaffnaJaffnaNorthernShotEPDP[111][112][113][114]
Sahadevan NilakshanChaalaram editor1 August 2007KokkuvilJaffnaNorthernShotSecurity Forces[115][116]
Father Nicholas Pillai PakiaranjithCatholic priest; aid worker26 September 2007KalvilaanMannarNorthernRoadside bombArmy (LRRP)[117][118][119][120]
S. P. ThamilselvanLTTE’s political leader2 November 2007KilinochchiNorthernAir strikeAir Force[121]
Isaivizhi ChempiyanVoice of Tigers broadcaster27 November 2007ThiruvaiaruKilinochchiNorthernAir strikeAir Force[122][123][124]
T. MaheshwaranUnited National Party Member of Parliament1 January 2008ColomboColomboWesternShotEPDP[29]
Colonel CharlesLTTE’s military intelligence leader6 January 2008PallamaduMannarNorthernRoadside bombArmy (LRRP)[125]
K. SivanesanTamil National Alliance Member of Parliament6 March 2008A 9 highwayMullaitivuNorthernRoadside bombArmy (LRRP)[29][126][127]
Father M. X. KarunaratnamNorth East Secretariat on Human Rights (NESoHR)20 April 2008MannankulamClaymore mineArmy (LRRP)[128]
P. DevakumaranShakthi TV journalist28 May 2008NavanthuraiJaffnaNorthernHacked to deathEPDP[129][130][131][132]
N. NanthakumarDivisional Secretary for Thunukkai29 June 2008MullaitivuMullaitivuNorthernClaymore mineArmy (LRRP)[133][134]
Lasantha WickramatungeThe Sunday Leader editor8 January 2009ColomboColomboWesternShotGovernment[135][136][137][138][139][140][141][142][143]
Puniyamoorthy SathiyamoorthyFreelance journalist12 February 2009TheavipuramMullaitivuNorthernArtilleryArmy[144][145]
IsaipriyaO'liveechchu broadcaster18 May 2009MullivaikkalMullaitivuNorthernShotArmy[146][147][148][149]

Notes

  1. Other sources blame Kumaranatunga's assassination on the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna.[7]
  2. Other sources blame Jayamaha, Kobbekaduwa and Wimalaratne's assassinations on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.[20]
  3. Other sources blame Athulathmudali's assassination on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.[22]

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