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Killed Tiger intelligence leader planned to assassinate 03 Army Generals
[26 July 2000]

A plan to assassinate the Major Generals Janaka Perera, Sarath Fonseka and Neil Dias was revealed when the Vavuniaya Army Intelligence killed an LTTE Lieutenant Colonel of the Tiger intelligence recently.

Some relevant documents regarding the planned attack were found along with the LTTE leader. He was found hiding inside a house in Vavuniya. A suicide bomb kit, hand grenades and a pistol had been in his possession at the time of the raid.

The aim had been to target the army generals in Vavuniya.

The LTTE intelligence leader had been monitoring the movements of Major General Dias. He had monitored the movements of the other two generals with contacts from Colombo.

The death of the LTTE leader has caused a stir among the Tigers, said the military intelligence after monitoring the LTTE transmissions.


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