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Official gunned down

COLOMBO: Chief Secretary of the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka Herath Abeyweera was gunned down by suspected LTTE cadres on Monday evening, the Defence Ministry said here. The Chief Secretary was attacked in his office.

— Special Correspondent

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