What is Colombo Central Bank bombing?
The '''Central Bank bombing''' was one of the deadliest [[terrorist attack]]s of the [[Sri Lankan Civil War|civil war]] in [[Sri Lanka]] between the government and the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]]. The attack happened on January 31, 1996, in [[Colombo]], the capital city of Sri Lanka. A truck with about 440 pounds (200&nbsp;[[kg]]) of high [[explosive]]s crashed through the main gate of the Central Bank, a seaside building which managed most of the financial business of the country. As gunmen and [[security guard]]s were shooting, the [[suicide bomber]] in the truck detonated the massive bomb, which badly damaged the bank and damaged eight other buildings nearby. The explosion killed 90 people and injured 1,400 others. Most of these were ordinary citizens or [[civilian]]s working in the small shops set up near the bank. This bombing was followed by the [[1996 Dehiwala train bombing]] in July that killed 64 people. Until 2006, the Central Bank bombing was the deadliest [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] terrorist bombing. <!--[[Category:1996 disasters]] [[Category:1996 in Asia]]--> [[Category:1990s building bombings]] [[Category:1996 disasters in Asia]] [[Category:1996 events]] [[Category:Building bombings in Asia]] [[Category:Car and truck bombings in Asia]] <!--[[Category:Crime in Sri Lanka]]--> [[Category:Mass murder in 1996]] [[Category:Massacres in Asia]] [[Category:Sri Lankan Civil War]] [[Category:Suicide car and truck bombings]] [[Category:Suicide in the 1990s]] [[Category:Terrorist incidents in Asia in the 1990s]] [[Category:Colombo]] {{Asia-stub}} {{History-stub}}