Specific information on the requested subject matter is currently unavailable to the DIRB in Ottawa, however, the following information may be of interest.

According to a December 1991 report by Agence France Presse, Tamil warriors have been blamed for "several devastating bomb blasts" in Colombo, "including a major car bomb attack on the main military headquarters that reduced it to a shambles" (AFP 5 Dec. 1991).

In January 1992 there were reports of LTTE bombings in Colombo (AFP 30 Jan. 1992), and of confrontations between Sri Lankan security forces and the LTTE in the northeastern region between Singhapura and Welikande (Colombo Sri Lanka Broadcasting 30 Jan. 1992).

Specific information on a round-up of young Tamils in Colombo in connection with the December 1991 bombing is currently unavailable to the DIRB, however, the attached Response to Information Request LKA13607 contains general information on round-ups of young Tamils in Colombo and other parts of the country in early 1992. Reports cited in Sri Lanka: Internal Flight Alternatives, a DIRB document, tell of young Tamils periodically being rounded up in Colombo. One such operation followed a car bombing in which "'over 50 bewildered new arrivals were arrested' and subsequently released, and another 18 Tamils were arrested" (qtd. in DIRB Dec. 1992, 14).

Additional or corroborating information is currently unavailable to the DIRB in Ottawa.

References

Documentation, Information and Research Branch (DIRB), Immigration and Refugee Board, Ottawa. December 1992. Sri Lanka: Internal Flight Alternatives, pp.14-15.

Hong Kong AFP [in English]. 30 January 1992. "Bombs Explode in Market; LTTE Suspected." (FBIS-NES-92-021 31 Jan. 1992, p. 72)

. 30 January 1992. "Army Confrontation with LTTE Detailed." (FBIS-NES-92-021 31 Jan. 1992, p. 72)

. 5 December 1991. "Police Find Unexploded Car Bomb to Summit." (FBIS-NES-91-234 5 Dec. 1991, pp. 43-44)

Attachments

Colombo Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation International Service [in English]. 30 January 1992. "Army Confrontation with LTTE Detailed." (FBIS-NES-92-021 31 Jan. 1992, p. 72)

Documentation, Information and Research Branch (DIRB), Immigration and Refugee Board, Ottawa. 22 March 1993. Response to Information Request LKA13607.

Documentation, Information and Research Branch (DIRB), Ottawa. December 1992. Sri Lanka: Internal Flight Alternatives, pp. 14-15.

Hong Kong AFP [in English]. 30 January 1992. "Bombs Explode in Market; LTTE Suspected." (FBIS-NES-92-021 31 Jan. 1992, p. 72)

. 5 December 1991. "Police Find Unexploded Car Bomb to Summit." (FBIS-NES-91-234 5 Dec. 1991, pp. 43-44)