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TV re-transmission centre in Vavuniya attacked

V.S. Sambandan

COLOMBO: A privately-operated TV re-transmission centre in Sri Lanka's northern Vavuniya town was attacked in the early hours of Thursday by an "unidentified group," which blew up its equipment, sources in the northern town said.

The re-transmission centre, operated by the Tamil Eelam Liberation Organisation (TELO), used a satellite dish to retransmit the Tamil language entertainment channels of the popular Indian private broadcaster, Sun TV, to "a limited radius" in the region.

"The attackers entered the premises around 1.45 a.m., and lobbed a grenade into the building, destroying computers and other equipment required for re-transmission," a northern resident said.

The identities of the attackers and their motives have not been established. TELO leader Selvam Adaikkalanathan, MP, said re-transmission had been suspended following the attack and would be resumed in a day.

The TELO, a former Tamil militant group, gave up militancy after the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord and joined mainstream politics.

It is now a member of the Tamil National Alliance, backed by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

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