What the records say
- When
- 21 Apr 1987
- Kind
- Terrorist attack
- Coordinates
- 6.93° N, 79.85° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Colombo central bus station bombing.
Colombo central bus station bombing
1987 terrorist attack by the LTTE in Sri Lanka
The Colombo central bus station bombing was the car bombing of the central bus terminal of Colombo carried out on April 21, 1987, in Pettah, Colombo, Sri Lanka. The 80-pound (36 kg) bomb killed at least 113 people and left a 10-foot (3 m) crater in the ground. The New York Times estimated 200 people had been injured.
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