List of attacks on civilians attributed to the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna

The following is a list of notable attacks on civilians attributed to the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), a Sri Lankan Marxist-Leninist, communist group.

Attacks in chronological order

Attack	Date	Location	District	Province	Death toll	Refs
Assassination of Rex De Costa	9 April 1971	Deniyaya	Matara	Southern	1	^[1]
Assassination of Daya Pathirana	15 December 1986	Piliyandala	Colombo	Western	1	^[2]
Grenade attack on Parliament	18 August 1987	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	Colombo	Western	2	^[3]
Assassination of Harsha Abeywardena	23 December 1987	Wellawatte, Colombo	Colombo	Western	4	^[4]
Assassination of Vijaya Kumaranatunga	16 February 1988	Colombo	Colombo	Western	2	^[5]^[6]
Kathiresan temple bombing	16 February 1988	Bambalapitiya, Colombo	Colombo	Western	10+	^[7]
Udugampola family massacre	24 July 1988	Poddala	Galle	Southern	5	^[8]
Grandpass rally attack	17 October 1988	Grandpass, Colombo	Colombo	Western	3	^[9]
Kadawatte rally attack	2 December 1988	Kadawatte	Colombo	Western	4	^[9]
Poojapiya massacre	25 January 1989	Poojapiya, Katugastota	Kandy	Central	6	^[10]
Temple of the Tooth attack	8 February 1989	Kandy	Kandy	Central	2-5	^[11]
Assassination of Stanley Wijesundera	8 March 1989	Colombo	Colombo	Western	1	^[12]
Kataragama bombing	July 1989	Kataragama	Moneragala	Uva	15	^[13]^[14]
Assassination of Thevis Guruge	23 July 1989				1	^[12]
Assassination of Premakeerthi de Alwis	31 July 1989	Colombo	Colombo	Western	1	^[15]
Assassination of Chandratne Patuwathavithane	14 September 1989				1	^[12]