The LTTE reports that Rev. Fr. Karunaratnam, chairperson of the North East Secretariat for Human Rights (NESHOR), was killed in a claymore mine allegedly detonated by government soldiers. The report claims that government soldiers infiltrated LTTE territory in northern Sri Lanka to carry out the attack. Military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara has denied any government involvement.
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Roadside bomb kills top Catholic priest and rights activist in the north, rebels say, Associated Press, 20 April 2008.
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