Sri Lankan Civil War
1983 CE – 2009 CE
A 26-year ethnic conflict between the Sinhalese-majority government and the Tamil Tigers, who pioneered suicide bombing as a tactic.
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Sri Lankan Civil War
1983 CE – 2009 CEA 26-year ethnic conflict between the Sinhalese-majority government and the Tamil Tigers, who pioneered suicide bombing as a tactic. The LTTE controlled a de facto state in the north before being destroyed in a brutal final offensive in 2009 that killed tens of thousands of civilians.
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