Assassination in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka pro-rebel MP gunned down at midnight mass

Sri Lanka has had a long, bloody civil war, with the Tamil Tiger insurgents considered among the most ruthless and best-trained insurgents anywhere. A friend who knows the terrain says this was probably done by a break-away faction of the Tigers. When I asked if the government might secretly be backing that faction, he said, it’s certainly possible.

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