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Tamil Tigers deny killing Sri Lankan minister -Web site

Posted on: Saturday, 13 August 2005, 04:21 CDT

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.

Source: REUTERS

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