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Tiger gunman targeted Musharraf for reconnaissance
Colombo, June 25: The gunman, who killed a senior intelligence officer near the Sri Lankan capital Monday, had been arrested by police last year for his suspicious behaviour along the route taken by Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf during his visit to the island, officials said today.
Colombo, June 25: The gunman, who killed a senior
intelligence officer near the Sri Lankan capital Monday, had
been arrested by police last year for his suspicious behaviour
along the route taken by Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf
during his visit to the island, officials said today.
Police said the suspect, identified as a member of the
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), was arrested on the
day Musharraf visited the island in July after intelligence
sleuths became suspicious of the his behaviour along the main
drive from the international airport to the capital.
They said at the time it was inspector Sunil Thabrew who
intervened to have him freed.
Thabrew was gunned down on Monday while he slept in
police barracks near here by the same man he freed in July
last year, police said.
The suspect had acted as a "police informer" but it
turned out that he had infiltrated the police network. It was
not immediately clear why the suspect had been spying along
Musharraf`s route.
Bureau Report
Bureau Report