03-08-2004, 02:58 PM
Breakaway Sri Lanka rebel plays down fears of factional war
The leader of a breakaway faction of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels has played down fears of armed conflict within the movement and says he will meet Norwegian peace envoys to discuss a new truce.
Eastern regional leader, V Muralitharan, known as Karuna, who has broken away from the Tamil Tiger leadership, says he is keen to avoid fresh bloodshed.
Meanwhile, Sri Lankan government troops, who have remained neutral in the stand-off between the Tiger factions, have been placed on alert amid fears a factional war could erupt in the east of the island.
The split comes as a serious blow to the faltering Norwegian-led peace process aimed at ending three decades of ethnic bloodshed between the Tigers and government forces that have left at least 60,000 dead.
ABC Radio Australia News
The leader of a breakaway faction of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels has played down fears of armed conflict within the movement and says he will meet Norwegian peace envoys to discuss a new truce.
Eastern regional leader, V Muralitharan, known as Karuna, who has broken away from the Tamil Tiger leadership, says he is keen to avoid fresh bloodshed.
Meanwhile, Sri Lankan government troops, who have remained neutral in the stand-off between the Tiger factions, have been placed on alert amid fears a factional war could erupt in the east of the island.
The split comes as a serious blow to the faltering Norwegian-led peace process aimed at ending three decades of ethnic bloodshed between the Tigers and government forces that have left at least 60,000 dead.
ABC Radio Australia News
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