 The plan was subsequently watered down so much that even the TULF refused to support it and the plan was never implemented.On the morning of 29 July 1999 Tiruchelvam was on his way to office at Kynsey Terrace, Colombo when, around 9.10 a.m., a man threw himself onto Tiruchelvam's car near the Kynsey Road-Rosemead Place Junction, detonating an explosive which killed both Tiruchelvam and the assassin.Thiruchelvam's driver, bodyguard and three policemen in an escort jeep behind the car were also injured.