E/CN.4/1995/91 page 88 carried out with the clear objective of eliminating the moderate Tamil political leadership committed to a democratic political system. The LTTE involvement in the assassination of elected leaders of Sri Lanka such as President Ranasinghe Premadasa and former Cabinet Minister Lalith Athulathmudali, during the provincial councils election campaign of 1993, have transpired in the investigations. In 1991, LTTE set off a car bomb, assassinating Gen. Ranjan Wijeratne, State Minister for Defence. Thus the LTTE campaign of terror has been launched with the principle objective of the systematic elimination of the democratic political leadership both in the south and the north of the country. LTTE has the capacity to carry out its attacks even abroad. In 1984, in India, LTTE exploded a bomb at Meenambakkam airport in Madras, killing 30 persons. In 1990, LTTE assassinated K. Pathmanaba and other EPRLF leaders in Madras. In 1991, a LTTE suicide bomber killed Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India, during the Indian election campaign. Earlier this year, LTTE killed a Tamil organizer, S. Sabalingam in Paris, apparently for daring to expose LTTE intolerance and hate-tactics. Innumerable attempts have been made by LTTE to strike terror in the heart of the capital city, Colombo, and to halt friendly external support. A bomb was planted in an Air Lankan plane in 1986, resulting in 16 dead and 39 injured. Bombs have also been placed in hotels, resulting in many deaths and injuries. Planting of bombs in crowded buses and trains, laying land-mines on busy roads, abducting and killing villagers and settlers in remote areas, burning and looting of houses and other property, killing farmers in the fields and fishermen at sea are all routine LTTE operations. Arrests of LTTE couriers and agents and court convictions have revealed that the organization’s tentacles are spread wide overseas, based on narcotic drugs and arms smuggling and the victimization of Tamil expatriates by extortion." "MASSACRE OF CIVILIANS BY LTTE (From 23.07.83 to 22.04.94) Date Place Incident 30.11.84 Dollar Farm Vavuniya Armed terrorists shot dead 33 Sinhalese settlers and injured several others. 30.11.84 Kent Farm Vavuniya Armed terrorists shot dead 29 Sinhalese settlers. 01.12.84 Kokilai/Nayaru Vavuniya Armed terrorists shot dead 11 Sinhalese settlers.