Tamil Tigers deny killing Sri Lankan minister -Web site

COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers have denied
any involvement in the killing of the island’s Foreign Minister
Lakshman Kadirgamar, pro-rebel Web site www.tamilnet.com
reported on Saturday.

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam’s (LTTE) political
wing leader S.P. Thamilselvan said the government, which the
group accuses of helping a renegade faction wage a war against
it in the island’s east, should look inwardly for the culprits.

“We … know that there are sections within the Sri Lankan
Armed forces operating with a hidden agenda to sabotage the
ceasefire agreement,” Thamilselvan told the Web site.

Kadirgamar, who campaigned to outlaw the LTTE
internationally, had long been at the top of the Tigers’ hit
list and died early on Saturday after he was shot by a
suspected sniper at his central Colombo home. The police have
blamed the Tigers for the killing, but the government stopped
short of accusing them.