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One of the most disturbing examples of the LTTE’s extremist ideology was the 2006 suicide attack targeting Sri Lankan Army Commander Sarath Fonseka, where investigators later confirmed the female LTTE bomber was pregnant.

The attacker, identified as Anoja Kugenthirasah, entered Army Headquarters in Colombo on April 25, 2006 posing as a pregnant civilian seeking medical treatment. She detonated explosives strapped to her body near Fonseka’s convoy, killing several people and seriously injuring Fonseka. Reports following the investigation stated that she was around three months pregnant at the time of the attack. The bombing marked one of the most shocking suicide operations of the war because it demonstrated the extent to which the LTTE was willing to exploit even pregnancy and motherhood for violent political purposes.

That single case alone shows how deeply the LTTE’s culture of martyrdom and violence had developed. A movement willing to use a pregnant woman in a suicide mission demonstrates a complete disregard for human life, including the life of an unborn child.

This was not “freedom fighting.” It was the weaponisation of motherhood itself for political violence.

Too often, online discussions about the Sri Lankan civil war either romanticise or selectively sanitise the LTTE while ignoring the organisation’s long record of brutality: suicide bombings, political assassinations, ethnic cleansing of Northern Muslims, forced recruitment, and child soldiers.

Acknowledging atrocities committed against Tamil civilians is important and necessary. But historical honesty also means acknowledging the crimes and extremist methods of the LTTE itself.

The victims of the war, from every community, deserve truth, not selective memory or glorification of violence.

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I’ve kept this video on my drive for years. I was part of the Watchdog team when we were building the timeline of the SLPP attack on GotaGoGama. This footage arrived just after we published, so it stayed buried. But every time I watch it, that same anger and heartbreak comes back. We need to archive this so it isn’t forgotten or rewritten.

It is heavy. You see people who just wanted a better life being met with sudden, organized violence. It captures the exact moment the peace of the Green was shattered.

With everything that’s happened since, it’s easy to forget the visceral fear and the courage of those who were there. I’m posting this today because history shouldn't have gaps. We need to remember exactly what was done to peaceful citizens.