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Sri Lanka |
16 Tamil rebels killed in Sri Lanka violence |
2007-01-11 |
![]() The bodies of four Tamil Tiger rebels were found by troops in the same district after a fight with a splinter group known as the Karuna faction, the ministry said. It said two of the dead were members of the Karuna group, led by V Muralitharan, better known as Colonel Karuna. They were killed when the main LTTE guerrillas attacked them on Tuesday evening, it said. The LTTE has accused the military of collaborating with the Karuna group to carry out attacks against the main rebel outfit, a charge the security forces deny. Colonel Karuna led an unprecedented split in the Tamil rebel leadership in March 2004 and has since been leading a campaign against the Tiger guerrillas, especially in the islandÂ’s restive eastern province. |
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