Tamil MP killed in Sri Lanka blast
Tamil separatists blame army special forces for death of sympathetic politician.
The military has denied any responsibility for the politician’s death.
“There are no deep penetration units operating in that area. We totally deny it.”
Sivanesan had attended a meeting in parliament the previous day.
“He left the parliament quarters after attending the parliament sessions yesterday,” Suresh Premachandran, a fellow TNA legislator, said.
“Most probably in those areas the army is deploying deep penetration units. This fellow is a victim of that.”
Previous killings
Three of the TNA’s 22 MPs have been killed since fighting between the government and the rebels resumed in 2005.
Joseph Pararajasingham, a representative for the eastern Batticaloa district, was shot and killed at a 2005 Christmas mass.
The TNA blamed those two killings on government-backed paramilitary groups, a charge the authorities denied.
An estimated 70,000 people have died in the conflict since 1983.