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| Sri Lanka |
| Renegade rebels kill 4 Sri Lanka Tamil Tigers |
| 2006-06-27 |
| COLOMBO - Four Tamil Tiger rebels were killed in an attack by a breakaway faction in fresh violence in Sri Lanka and a soldier was shot dead overnight, police said. The attack in an area controlled by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the restive east came a day after a suspected Tiger suicide bomber assassinated the army deputy chief of staff, stoking fears of a return to civil war. “There was an attack in Vakarai in Batticaloa,” said Nihal Karunaratne, deputy inspector of police for the eastern districts of Batticaloa and Ampara. “Four Tiger cadres were killed.” He blamed the attack on a breakaway group led by a former rebel commander called Karuna who is locked in a bitter, deadly feud with the mainstream group. The LTTE accuses the army of helping Karuna. The LTTE confirmed an attack had taken place, but blamed the army. They had no comment on the death toll. A military spokesman said a soldier was shot dead by suspected Tigers in a separate incident |
| Posted by:Steve |