Incident Summary:

08/07/2006: Unidentified assailants shot and killed a police officer when he left the police station in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. The victim, Gamini Wickramasinghe, was shot in the head and chest. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are believed to be involved.

Overview

GTD ID:
200608070014

When:
2006-08-07

Country:
Sri Lanka

Region:
South Asia

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:
North Eastern

City:
Batticaloa

Location Details:
50 meters from the Batticaloa police station, in Batticaloa

What

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more)	Armed Assault
Successful Attack? (more)	Yes

Target Information (more)
Target Type: Police
Name of Entity	Sri Lankan police
Specific Description	Gamini Wickramasinghe, a police officer
Nationality of Target	Sri Lanka

Additional Information
Hostages	No
Property Damage	No

How

Weapon Information
Type	Sub-type
Firearms	Handgun
Weapon Details
The victim was shot several times in the head and chest with a 9 mm pistol

Additional Information
Suicide Attack?	No
Situation of Multi-Party Conflict?	Unknown
Part of Multiple Incident?	No
Criterion 1 (more)	Yes
Criterion 2 (more)	Yes
Criterion 3 (more)	Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more)	No

Who

Perpetrator Information
Name	Claimed Responsibility
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) (suspected)	No

Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators	Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators	0

Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties	1 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities	1
Number of U.S. Fatalities	0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities	0
Total Number of Injured	0
Number of U.S. Injured	0
Number of Perpetrators Injured	0

Sources

Sources
"Kurulu Kariyakarawana, "LTTE's killing spree continues in North and East," Daily Mirror, August 8, 2006."
"Police constable shot dead," TamilNet, August 7, 2006."
"Two civilians and a police personnel killed in separate incidents," South Asia Terrorism Portal, August 8, 2006."