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The First Tamil Suicide Bombing

07/07/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, The First Tamil Suicide Bombing

In July 1987 Tamil separatist rebels attacked a Sri Lankan army camp.

In 1987 separatist Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka attacked an army camp. They would go on to carry out hundreds more suicide attacks against both military and civilian targets.

In July 1987 separatist Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka attacked an army camp. It was the first of hundreds of suicide attacks carried by the group known as the "Black Tigers" against both military and civilian targets during the country's long running civil war. Farhana Haider hears from a former Tamil resident of Sri Lanka and from one of the only filmmakers to have spent any time with the Black Tigers.

Photo: Captain Miller shrine at Nelliady, Jaffna, Sri Lanka on Black Tigers Day, 2004. Credit: Public Domain

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