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By V.S. Sambandan
COLOMBO, FEB. 8. A fresh spell of uncertainty hit the stalled Sri Lankan peace process today with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) asserting that Monday's killing of a regional political wing leader would "have a serious impact" on the "recommencement of peace talks," and the Sri Lankan Government calling for "support the peace process" and to "move ahead." The Government and the Tigers condemned yesterday's killing of E. Kousalyan, the LTTE's political wing leader of Batticaloa and Amparai, as "violation of the ceasefire agreement" signed by them in 2002. A former Tamil MP, A. Chandranehru, who was critically wounded in last night's ambush at Polonnaruwa in north-central Sri Lanka, succumbed to his injuries this morning at a hospital in Colombo. The Government statement today confirmed that four LTTE cadres were killed, taking the death toll in the ambush to six. The identity of the killers has not been established but the ambush is suspected to have been carried out by supporters of the former LTTE Special Commander, V. Muralitharan (`Col.' Karuna). In a strongly worded statement, the LTTE said: "We fear these killings would have a serious impact on the humanitarian work undertaken now and for the recommencement of peace talks." Colombo condemned the killing of Kousalyan and raised concerns of a possible "return to conflict." It urged all parties to "prevent further violations of the ceasefire, gravely risking a return to conflict. Condemning the attack, the Government said it was "a violation of the ceasefire agreement" and its "timing" was "also clearly calculated to disrupt the post-tsunami atmosphere of increasing co-operation between the Government and the LTTE."
"Military nexus"
The LTTE said the killing of its members "engaged in political and humanitarian relief work," who were travelling across a government-controlled area, was "a serious violation of the Cease Fire Agreement" which "provides for the travel of unarmed LTTE members."
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