Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politicians and former MPs M. Alalasundaram and V. Dharmalingam are shot dead.

The Sri Lankan Civil War, which lasted from 1983 to 2009, ended with the victory of the Sri Lankan government forces over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a separatist militant organization. The government forces launched a final offensive in late 2008, and by May 2009, they had captured all remaining territory held by the LTTE. The war officially ended on May 18, 2009, when the leader of the LTTE, Velupillai Prabhakaran, was killed, marking the defeat of the LTTE and the end of the civil war.