http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060812/wl_asia_afp/srilankaunrest_060812213836COLOMBO (AFP) - A leading official involved in Sri Lanka's troubled peace process was assassinated as fighting in the island's north and east intensified claiming at least 177 lives.
President Mahinda Rajapakse immediately blamed the shooting of Ketheesh Loganathan, the Deputy Secretary-General of the Peace Secretariat, on the Tamil Tigers although their was no claim of responsibility from the rebels.
"The president condemns the assassination and says this is the work of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) and shows how they are targeting members of the Tamil community who are working for peace," presidential spokesman Chandrapala Liyanage told AFP.
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