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 ) . Further a Claymore antipersonnel mine attack by the LTTE on June 15 , 2006 on a bus carrying 140 civilians killed 68 people including 15 children , and injured 60 others
Palliyagodella massacre
Palliyagodella massacre
Human rights in Sri Lanka