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Fort railway station bombing
Part of the Sri Lankan Civil War
File:File:Ds terrorist attack memorial.jpg
Memorial for the students of D. S. Senanayake College who were killed by the LTTE in 2008
Location Fort railway station, Colombo,
Sri Lanka
Date February 3, 2008 (UTC+5:30)
Target Train, station and general public
Attack type
Suicide bombing[1]
Deaths 12[2]
Non-fatal injuries
92[2]
Perpetrator Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam


The Fort railway station bombing was a suicide bombing of a commuter train while it was stopped at the Fort railway station, the main station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on February 3, 2008. The bombing killed 12 civilians[2] and injured more than 100.[3] Killed in the attack were eight school children of D. S. Senanayake College's baseball team and their coach/teacher-in-charge. The government said that the attack was carried out by a female suicide bomber,[4] belonging to LTTE, who got down from a train and exploded during rush hour on Platform 3.[5]

Secretary of Defence Gotabaya Rajapaksa directed the Criminal Investigation Department to investigate the bombing which led to the arrest of two suspects alongside explosives hidden in Colombo and the discovery of small business premises run by a LTTE cell. The cell leader had left the country after the bombing.[6]

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