JOC bombing explained

JOC bombing
Location:Flower Road, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Date:June 21, 1991
Time-Begin:Rush hour
Timezone:UTC+5:00
Type:suicide car bomb
Fatalities:60[1]
Injuries:85 civilians

The JOC bombing was a suicide car bomb on June 21, 1991, during rush hour in Flower Road outside the building housing the Joint Operations Command (JOC) of the Sri Lankan Armed Forces in the suburbs of Colombo, Sri Lanka. The attack was carried out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) with 60 killed including 20 civilians and 85 civilians injured.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.thesundayleader.lk/20071202/Issues.htm Fall out of Eelam War IV, sundayleader
  2. Web site: Sri Lanka Bomb Said to Kill Up to 60 (Published 1991) . . https://web.archive.org/web/20230629110759/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/22/world/sri-lanka-bomb-said-to-kill-up-to-60.html . 2023-06-29 . live .