 The LTTE committed massacres in the Northern and Eastern provinces of Sri Lanka.The number of civilians massacred in a single incident were as high as 144 (Anuradhapura massacre) in 1985.Some of the major attacks resulting in civilian deaths include the Kebithigollewa massacre, the Gonagala massacre (54 dead), the Dehiwala train bombing (56 dead), the Palliyagodella massacre (109 dead) and the bombing of Sri Lanka's Central Bank (102 dead).