http://www.dailynews.lk/2012/03/05/sec02.asp

Kantalai LTTE blast
On this day, exactly 24 years ago in another dark episode of LTTE brutality,
the Tiger terrorists massacred 24 innocent civilians setting off a landmine in
Sittaru, Kantalai. The dead comprised eight Sinhalese and 16 Muslims. This was a
period when the LTTE brutality was at its worst since the outfit was forced to
carry out its campaign of mayhem outside the Northern theatre due to the
presence of the IPKF in their stronghold.
The period was marked by raids on isolated hamlets in the North Central
Province where entire villages were mowed down in bestial attacks. The LTTE also
stepped up attacks on civilian targets in the capital city creating a fear
psychosis among the population. Bomb explosions in public transport were
frequent during this period.