Prabhakaran moves to the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Bomb blast in Colombo kills more than 100 people. LTTE resumes separatist war taking on Indian troops.
Indian troops go home.
LTTE controls large areas of northern Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan navy commander Clancy Fernando blown up by LTTE suicide bomber. President Ranasinghe Premadasa killed by LTTE bomb. LTTE resumes separatist drive after six months of talks by bombing two navy boats. Sri Lanka's holiest Buddhist shrine the Temple of the Tooth killing 13 people.