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. First local elections in Jaffna since 1983 fail to provide a viable political process. Tamil Tigers blamed for the assassination of the mayor of Jaffna a member of the pro-government Tamil United Liberation Front.
Tigers offer to restart peace talks on condition of third party mediation.
The government rejects the offer.