Lanka on high alert after Thamilselvan killing

Sri Lanka went on a high alert on Saturday to guard against any reprisal attack by Tamil Tigers following the killing of their political wing chief S P Thamilselvan in an air raid by government forces.

"We are not willing to take any chances. It could be a dangerous scenario if we don't gear up fully. We are on an alert," defence spokesman Udaya Nanayakkara said.

Security personnel were seen reinforcing the snap checkpoints in Colombo and checking for any suspicious person or vehicle.

The funeral of Thamilselvan and five other leaders of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), who were killed in a raid by Sri Lankan air force in the rebel-dominated northern Kilinochchi on Friday, is scheduled to be held on Monday, according to sources.

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Sri Lankan police officer killed in capital

A police inspector heading a crime division has been shot dead in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo, police said Saturday.

Inspector M. Pathirana was shot in north Colombo at 9:30 p.m. (1600 GMT) on Friday and succumbed to his gun shot injuries in the early hours of Saturday, according to the police.

The police officer was shot at by unknown gunmen in a bus stand and was admitted to the Colombo National Hospital.

He was heading the crime division of the Colombo Harbor police station and police are inquiring if his death related to any crime investigations being handled by him.

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