Four more killed in Sri Lanka violence
At least four people were killed in Sri Lanka as a Norwegian peace envoy headed for talks with Tamil Tiger rebels on saving the island’s ceasefire, officials said. Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels shot dead a rival activist in the eastern town of Batticaloa on Thursday and fought a gun battle with government forces in the neighbouring district of Trincomalee, a defence official said on Thursday. The body of a suspected Tiger rebel together was found with a hand grenade at Kinniya in the Trincomalee district, the official said, adding that a government soldier was wounded in the firefight. Full Story