Movatterモバイル変換

[0]ホーム
URL:

Jump to content
WikipediaThe Free Encyclopedia
Search

List of assassinations of the Second JVP Insurrection

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This list isincomplete; you can help byadding missing items.(January 2021)

The following is a list ofnotable assassinations of theSecond JVP Insurrection, most of which were carried out by theJanatha Vimukthi Peramuna or by government security forces.

Politicians

[edit]
VictimPositionDateLocationMethodPerpetrator(s)
Jinadasa WeerasingheUNP MP (Tangalle)31 July 1987AngunakolapelessaShotJVP is blamed.[1][2]
Keerthisena AbeywickramaUNP MP (Deniyaya)18 August 1987Parliament of Sri Lanka,Sri Jayawardenapura KotteBombingJVP is blamed.[3][4][1][2]
Harsha AbeywardenaChairman,UNP23 December 1987WellawatteShotJVP is blamed.[1]
Daya Sepali SenadheeraUNP MP (Karandeniya)1988JVP is blamed.[1]
Vijaya KumaratungaFounder ofSri Lanka Mahajana Party and actor16 February 1988ColomboShotJVP is blamed.[3][4][1]
G.V.S. de SilvaDistrict Minister &UNP MP (Habaraduwa)1 May 1988GalleJVP is blamed.[4][1]
Nandalal FernandoGeneral Secretary,UNP20 May 1988WellawatteJVP is blamed.[1]
S. B. YalegamaFormerSLFP MP (Rattota) & USA candidate28 May 1988/
25 August 1988?		MataleJVP is blamed.[3][1][2]
L.W. PandithaCPSL member and trade unionist27 July 1988Dematagoda,Colombo DistrictJVP is blamed.[3]
Lionel JayatilakeMinister &UNP MP (Kuliyapitiya)26 September 1988KuliyapitiyaShotJVP is blamed.[4][1][2]
Indrapala AbeyweeraSLFP organiser,Kalutara10 January 1989JVP is blamed.[3][1]
P.D. WimalsenaLSSP member and trade unionist15 May 1989JVP is blamed.[3]
Merrill KariyawasamUNP MP (Agalawatta)September 1989JVP is blamed.[4][1][2]
O. KariyawasamLiberal candidate26 October 1989Wattala,Gampaha DistrictJVP is blamed.[3]
W.M.P.G. BandaUNP MP (Galagedara)JVP is blamed.[1]
Lesley RanagalaUNP MP (Borella)ShotJVP is blamed.[1]

JVP leaders

[edit]
VictimPositionDateLocationMethodPerpetrator(s)
Rohana WijeweeraLeader of theJanatha Vimukthi Peramuna13 November 1989BorellaShotGovernment Forces are blamed.[5]
Upatissa GamanayakeDeputy leader of theJanatha Vimukthi Peramuna13 November 1989Government Forces are blamed.[5]
Saman Piyasiri FernandoMilitary wing leader of theJanatha Vimukthi Peramuna29 December 1989Government Forces are blamed.

Journalists

[edit]
VictimPositionDateLocationMethodPerpetrator(s)
Thevis GurugeChairman,ITN & broadcaster,Radio Ceylon23 July 1989JVP is blamed.[3][4]
Premakeerthi de AlwisBroadcaster31 July 1989ColomboShotPro-government paramilitary squads are blamed.[3][4]
K. AmaratungeChief News Editor,Rupavahini13 August 1989JVP is blamed.[3]
Sagarika GomesBroadcaster,Rupavahini13 September 1989JVP is blamed.[3][4]
Richard de ZoysaJournalist, author, human rights activist and actor18 February 1990MoratuwaShotPro-government paramilitary squads are blamed.[6]

Academics

[edit]
VictimPositionDateLocationMethodPerpetrator(s)
ProfessorStanley Wijesundera[7]Vice Chancellor,University of Colombo8 March 1989ColomboGunshotJVP is blamed.[3][4]
ProfessorChandratne PatuwathavithaneVice Chancellor,University of MoratuwaJVP is blamed.[3][4]
CaptainT.E. NagahawatteAssistant Registrar,University of PeradeniyaOctober 1989PeradeniyaGunshotJVP is blamed.[8]

Professionals

[edit]
VictimPositionDateLocationMethodPerpetrator(s)
D. C. AthukoraleChief Engineer, Colombo Port Authority17 November 1988WelikadaGunshotJVP is blamed.[9]
E. Liayana PathiranaWorking Director, Salt Corporation22 June 1989OpanayakeGunshotJVP is blamed.[9]
Wijedasa LiyanarachchiLawyer2 September 1989General Hospital, ColomboMultiple injuries resulting from tortureSri Lanka Police is blamed.[10][11]
DrGladys JayawardeneChairperson, State Pharmaceuticals Corporation12 September 1989Slave Island,ColomboGunshotJVP is blamed.[3]
Neville NissankaLawyer3 October 1989Miriswatta, GampahaGunshotPRRA is blamed.

Police and Military officers

[edit]
VictimPositionDateLocationMethodPerpetrator(s)
Terrence PereraDeputy Inspector General of Police, Director - Counter Subversive Division12 December 1987BattaramullaShotJVP is blamed.[12]
Bennet PereraDeputy Inspector General of Police, Director,Criminal Investigation Department1 May 1989Mount LaviniaShotJVP is blamed.

Activists

[edit]
VictimPositionDateLocationMethodPerpetrator(s)
Daya PathiranaLeader, Independent Students Union,University of Colombo15 December 1986Near Bolgoda Lake,PiliyandalaCut-throatJVP ledInter University Students' Federation (IUSF) is blamed.[4][13][14][15]
Padmasiri ThrimavitharanaMedical student and prominent student activist22 October 1988RathnapuraMultiple injuries resulting from torturePro-government paramilitary squads are blamed.[16]
Nandathilaka GalappaththiEducation Secretary and Political Secretary ofJanatha Vimukthi Peramuna10 September 1989MattegodaMultiple injuries resulting from tortureParamilitary squads are blamed.[17]
P. R. B. WimalarathnaTeacher and the leader of the National Center for Workers' Struggle.19 September 1989BorellaMultiple injuries resulting from tortureParamilitary squads are blamed.[18]

The number of activists killed exceeded 13,000 as the following quote from Barbara Harff, professor of political science emerita at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland showed:

“And on the democratic side, Sri Lanka is one clear case of a democratic regime that in 1989–90 authorized military squads to track down and summarily execute members and suspected supporters of the JVP (Peoples Liberation Party), which had begun its second rebellion that threatened to overthrow the state. Between 13,000 and 30,000 were killed in this politicide...”[19]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^abcdefghijklmDilrukshi Handunnetti and Ranjith Jayasundera (10 February 2008)."JVP's double take on the 13th Amendment".The Sunday Leader. Archived fromthe original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved24 March 2010.
  2. ^abcdeFerdinando, Shamindra (23 January 2008)."Political killings: Some intriguing facts". The Island, Sri Lanka. Retrieved24 March 2010.
  3. ^abcdefghijklmnJansz, Frederica (15 January 2004)."The JVP's new clothes".The Sunday Leader. Archived fromthe original on 8 February 2017. Retrieved24 March 2010.
  4. ^abcdefghijk"Is the JVP Prepared to Disown its Pol Potist Past".Tamil Times.XVIII (4):27–28. 15 April 1999.ISSN 0266-4488.
  5. ^abRajasingham, K.T. (12 November 2008)."Rohana Wijeweera's killing - still a mystery".Asian Tribune. Retrieved20 June 2014.
  6. ^"Richard de Zoysa after 21 years".Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved23 June 2014.
  7. ^"featur03". Retrieved17 December 2014.
  8. ^Chandraprema, C. A.Sri Lanka: The Years of Terror. The J.V.P. Insurrection 1987-1989.
  9. ^ab"JVP – A never-ending power struggle". The Nation. Retrieved12 September 2019.
  10. ^"The Sunday Times Special Assignment". Retrieved17 December 2014.
  11. ^"LankaWeb news". Retrieved17 December 2014.
  12. ^Wijesinghe, Geoff."Sri Lanka's biggest-ever serial killer - Part I: The birth of JVP fear psychosis".Daily News. Retrieved5 November 2019.
  13. ^Seneviratne, Malinda (15 November 2001)."November is for remembering". The Island, Sri Lanka. Retrieved24 March 2010.
  14. ^"15 December 1987". pact.lk. 2009. Archived fromthe original on 8 January 2011. Retrieved11 January 2011.
  15. ^"The JVP and 'Pol Potism'". Ilankai Tamil Sangam. Retrieved11 January 2011.
  16. ^"news10". Retrieved17 December 2014.
  17. ^"Nandathilaka Galappaththi is the end of an unwavering revolutionary who is dedicated to a socio-political movement".Silumina. Retrieved8 June 2021.
  18. ^"A man who should be read in the memory of a massacre: PRB Wimalarathna".Silumina. Retrieved7 June 2021.
  19. ^Harff, Barbara (2017). "Chapter 12: The Comparative Analysis of Mass Atrocities and Genocide". In Gleditsch, N. (ed.).R.J. Rummel: An Assessment of His Many Contributions. Springer. pp. 111–120.doi:10.1007/978-3-319-54463-2_12.ISBN 978-3-319-54462-5.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_assassinations_of_the_Second_JVP_Insurrection&oldid=1256269843"
Categories:
Hidden categories:
[8]ページ先頭
©2009-2025 Movatter.jp