Anti-LTTE party worker shot dead

Published April 12, 2005

COLOMBO, April 11: A man said to be a member of the EPDP, the main anti-LTTE Tamil Political Party, was shot dead allegedly by LTTE pistol gang in eastern Trincomalee town on Monday afternoon. Although no arrests were made, police claimed the killing had been carried out by the LTTE. The victim has been identified as Mr Wijethasan Wijendran who works with the EPDP.

“The killing appears to be linked to the current ‘shadow war’ in the east,” a police officer said.

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