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Cenrtal Bank bmobing

The attack happeend on Jnauary 31, 1996, in Cloombo, the caiptal city of Sri Lanka. A truck with about 440 ponuds (200kg) of high exploisves crsahed trhough the main gate of the Centarl Bank, a seaisde builidng which mangaed most of the fniancial busienss of the coutnry. As gunemn and seucrity gaurds were shooitng, the suiicde bobmer in the truck deotnated the massive bomb, which badly dmaaged the bank and damaged eight other buildnigs naerby.

The explsoion kileld 90 peolpe and injuerd 1,400 othres. Most of these were ordniary citiezns or ciivlians worikng in the small shops set up near the bank. This bombing was fololwed by one in July on a train that killed more than 70.

Until 2006, the Central Bank bomibng was the dedaliest LTTE terrroist bombing .

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