List of assassinations of the Sri Lankan Civil War
Members of Sri Lankan parliament

List of assassinations of the Sri Lankan Civil War

Section Title: Members of Sri Lankan parliament
Table Section Text: None

Victim	Position	Date	Location	Method	Perpetrator(s)

Ossie Abeygunasekara	UNP MP (Colombo District)	24 October 1994	Thotalanga, Grandpass, Colombo	Suicide bombing	LTTE is blamed.

A. L. Abdul Majeed	Independent (formerly SLFP) MP (Muttur)	13 November 1987	Muttur, Trincomalee	Shot	LTTE is blamed.

M. Alalasundaram	Former TULF MP (Kopay)	2 September 1985	Thinnaveli, Jaffna	Shot	TELO is blamed.

A. Amirthalingam	Former Leader of the Opposition; leader of the TULF; TULF MP (National List)	13 July 1989	Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo	Shot	LTTE is blamed.

Nadarajah Atputharajah (alias Ramesh)	EPDP MP (Jaffna District); publisher of Thinamurasu newspaper	2 November 1999	Colombo	Shot	EPDP is blamed.

M. Canagaratnam	UNP (formerly TULF) MP (Pottuvil)	20 April 1980	Colombo	Shot	Shot by Prabhakaran and Uma Maheswaran in 1978, and succumbed to his wounds in 1980.

A. Chandranehru	Former TNA/TULF MP (Ampara District)	7 February 2005	Batticaloa District	Ambush	TMVP/Karuna Amman is blamed. Tamil National Force, a TMVP/ENDLF front, claimed responsibility.

V. Dharmalingam	Former TULF MP (Manipay)	2 September 1985	Manipay, Jaffna	Shot	TELO is blamed.

Alfred Duraiappah	Former Independent MP (Jaffna); Independent Mayor of Jaffna	27 July 1975	Jaffna	Shot	LTTE leader V. Prabhakaran himself.

M. E. H. Maharoof	UNP MP (Trincomalee District)	20 July 1997	Trincomalee	Shot	LTTE is blamed by SPUR, a pro-government organisation.

T. Maheshwaran	UNP MP (Colombo District)	1 January 2008	Colombo	Shot	EPDP s blamed. Government is blamed by UNP. Wikileads stated that Karuna Group was to be blamed.

Joseph Pararajasingham	TNA/TULF MP (Batticaloa District)	25 December 2005	Batticaloa	Shot	TMVP, EPDP and government are blamed. The Government and the LTTE blame each other.

Shantha Kumara Punchihewa	Former UNP MP (Vanni District); UNP organiser, Vavuniya District	6 October 2008	Anuradhapura	Suicide bombing	LTTE is blamed by government.

Kingsley Rasanayagam	TNA MP (Batticaloa District)	20 October 2000	Iruthayapuram, Batticaloa	Shot	LTTE is blamed.

Nadarajah Raviraj	TNA/TULF MP (Jaffna District); former Mayor of Jaffna	10 November 2006	Colombo	Shot	EPDP is blamed. TMVP and government are blamed by the TNA.

S. Shanmuganathan	PLOTE MP (Vanni District)	15 July 1998	Irambaikkulam, Vavuniya District	Roadside bombing	LTTE is blamed.

S. Sivamaharajah	Former TULF MP (Jaffna District); editor of Namathu Eelanadu (Our Eelam Nation) newspaper	20 August 2006	Tellippalai, Jaffna District	Shot	EPDP is blamed. Government blamed by TNA. LTTE is blamed by SATP, a pro-government organisation.

K. Sivanesan	TNA MP (Jaffna District)	6 March 2008	A 9 highway, Mullaitivu District	Roadside bombing	Sri Lankan Army's LRRP is blamed.

Nimalan Soundaranayagam	TULF MP (Batticaloa District)	7 November 2000	Kiran, Batticaloa District	Shot	LTTE is blamed. Killed on the orders of Karuna Amman.

Sam Tambimuttu	EPRLF MP (Batticaloa District)	7 May 1990	Colombo	Shot	LTTE is blamed.

A. Thiagarajah	Former ACTC MP (Vaddukoddai); UNP candidate; former principal, Karainagar Hindu College	24 May 1981	Shot	PLOTE and LTTE blamed.

A. Thangathurai	TULF MP (Trincomalee District)	5 July 1997	Trincomalee	Grenade and gun attack	LTTE is blamed.

Neelan Tiruchelvam	TULF MP (National List)	29 July 1999	Colombo	Suicide bombing	LTTE is blamed.

Gamini Wijesekara	UNP MP; Secretary, UNP	24 October 1994	Thotalanga, Grandpass, Colombo	Suicide bombing	LTTE is blamed.

G. Yogasangari	EPRLF MP (Jaffna District)	19 June 1990	Kodambakam, Madras, TN, India	Grenade and gun attack	LTTE is blamed.

V. Yogeswaran	Former TULF MP (Jaffna)	13 July 1989	Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo	Shot	LTTE is blamed.

Sentence(s)

Yogasangari, a member of the EPRLF was assassinated on 19 June 1990 in Kodambakam, Madras, India.

final_sentence: Yogasangari, a member of the EPRLF was assassinated on 19 June 1990 in Kodambakam, Madras, India.