In October 2003 , three LTTE cadres involved in the attack were convicted by the Kandy high court and sentenced to death . Two others were sentenced to 680 years of rigorous imprisonment and third to 490 years . According to the Mackenzie Institute , part of the LTTE 's incentive for the attack was to spark widespread mob violence against the country 's Tamil minority , by the Sinhalese majority , as it was in 1983 . But it did not happen after this incident
in 1983
Black July
1998 Temple of the Tooth attack