A report in the Sri Lankan government owned Daily News of that period stated : " Over a hundred bus passengers believed to belong to all communities were killed in the worst terrorist massacre in recent months when three buses travelling along the Habarana - Trincomalee Road were stopped near Kitulotuwa between the 123rd and 129th milepost and the passengers shot dead in cold blood . A total 107 persons including women and children were reported dead on the spot . " Tiger terrorists had stopped the buses , lined-up the passengers and mowed them down . Two of the buses were plying from Trincomalee and the other to the opposite direction . All three vehicles were private buses , some carrying passengers from Colombo to Trincomalee . The fourth vehicle , a private car , had also been stopped and the people in it killed . Casualties were moved to Habarana and some to Anuradhapura hospitals . Two helicopters and SLAF Avro were deployed to evacuate the injured . " Just after four days from this attack , the LTTE blasted a massive car bomb near the central bus stand in Pettah , Colombo which resulted in 113 deaths of civilians . Exactly ten days after the brutal killing in Habarana , LTTE terrorists stormed into Jayanthipura Village on April 21 , 1987 and killed civilians there . The LTTE struck again inside ten days , killing at least 15 civilians five men , five women , four young girls and a boy in the Eastern village . The LTTE gang which gunned down 127 passengers at Aliuth Oya , was believed responsible for the pre-dawn raid on the Jayanthipura village , North of Kantalai . However , the home-guards engaged the attackers and terrorists retreated with their wounded . The government troops launched a massive hunt for the killers of these attacks , who were led by an area leader of the LTTE known as Pulendran . The LTTE went on to kill over 225 civilians during April , 1987 in Polonnaruwa and Trincomalee area alone as they massacred more civilians in Ambagaswewa , Meegaswewa and Kadawathamaduwa
blasted a massive car bomb
Colombo Central Bus Station bombing
Aluth Oya massacre