The following is a list of notable assassinations of the Second JVP Insurrection, most of which were carried out by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna or by government security forces.
| Victim | Position | Date | Location | Method | Perpetrator(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNP MP (Tangalle) | 31 July 1987 | Angunakolapelessa | Shot | JVP is blamed. | ||
| UNP MP (Deniyaya) | 18 August 1987 | JVP is blamed. | ||||
| Harsha Abeywardena | 23 December 1987 | Wellawatte | Shot | JVP is blamed. | ||
| UNP MP (Karandeniya) | 1988 | JVP is blamed. | ||||
| Founder of Sri Lanka Mahajana Party and actor | 16 February 1988 | JVP is blamed. | ||||
| G.V.S. de Silva | District Minister & UNP MP (Habaraduwa) | 1 May 1988 | JVP is blamed. | |||
| Nandalal Fernando | 20 May 1988 | Wellawatte | JVP is blamed. | |||
| S. B. Yalegama | Former SLFP MP (Rattota) & USA candidate | 28 May 1988/ 25 August 1988? | JVP is blamed. | |||
| L.W. Panditha | CPSL member and trade unionist | 27 July 1988 | JVP is blamed. | |||
| Lionel Jayatilake | Minister & UNP MP (Kuliyapitiya) | 26 September 1988 | Shot | JVP is blamed.[1] | ||
| Indrapala Abeyweera | 10 January 1989 | JVP is blamed.[2] | ||||
| P.D. Wimalsena | LSSP member and trade unionist | 15 May 1989 | JVP is blamed. | |||
| Merrill Kariyawasam | UNP MP (Agalawatta) | September 1989 | JVP is blamed.[3] | |||
| O. Kariyawasam | Liberal candidate | 26 October 1989 | JVP is blamed.[4] | |||
| W.M.P.G. Banda | UNP MP (Galagedara) | JVP is blamed. | ||||
| Lesley Ranagala | UNP MP (Borella) | Shot | JVP is blamed. |
| Victim | Position | Date | Location | Method | Perpetrator(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rohana Wijeweera | 13 November 1989 | Borella | Shot | Government Forces are blamed.[5] | ||
| Upatissa Gamanayake | 13 November 1989 | Government Forces are blamed. | ||||
| Saman Piyasiri Fernando | 29 December 1989 | Government Forces are blamed. |
| Victim | Position | Date | Location | Method | Perpetrator(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 July 1989 | JVP is blamed. | |||||
| Broadcaster | 31 July 1989 | Shot | Pro-government paramilitary squads are blamed. | |||
| K. Amaratunge | 13 August 1989 | JVP is blamed. | ||||
| 13 September 1989 | JVP is blamed. | |||||
| Journalist, author, human rights activist and actor | 18 February 1990 | Moratuwa | Shot | Pro-government paramilitary squads are blamed.[6] |
| Victim | Position | Date | Location | Method | Perpetrator(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professor Stanley Wijesundera[7] | 8 March 1989 | Gunshot | JVP is blamed. | |||
| JVP is blamed. | ||||||
| October 1989 | Gunshot | JVP is blamed.[8] |
| Victim | Position | Date | Location | Method | Perpetrator(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. C. Athukorale | Chief Engineer, Colombo Port Authority | 17 November 1988 | Gunshot | JVP is blamed.[9] | ||
| E. Liayana Pathirana | Working Director, Salt Corporation | 22 June 1989 | Gunshot | JVP is blamed. | ||
| Lawyer | 2 September 1989 | General Hospital, Colombo | Multiple injuries resulting from torture | Sri Lanka Police is blamed.[10] [11] | ||
| Chairperson, State Pharmaceuticals Corporation | 12 September 1989 | Gunshot | JVP is blamed. |
| Victim | Position | Date | Location | Method | Perpetrator(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deputy Inspector General of Police, Director - Counter Subversive Division | 12 December 1987 | Shot | JVP is blamed.[12] | |||
| Bennet Perera | 1 May 1989 | Shot | JVP is blamed. |
| Victim | Position | Date | Location | Method | Perpetrator(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 December 1986 | Cut-throat | JVP led Inter University Students' Federation (IUSF) is blamed.[13] [14] [15] | ||||
| Padmasiri Thrimavitharana | Medical student and prominent student activist | 22 October 1988 | Rathnapura | Multiple injuries resulting from torture | Pro-government paramilitary squads are blamed.[16] | |
| 10 September 1989 | Mattegoda | Multiple injuries resulting from torture | Paramilitary squads are blamed.[17] | |||
| Teacher and the leader of the National Center for Workers' Struggle. | 19 September 1989 | Borella | Multiple injuries resulting from torture | Paramilitary squads are blamed.[18] |
“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]