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LTTE assassin nabbed
By Augustine Fernando
A Karuna faction member was shot dead in the Puttalam town by an LTTE pistol gang yesterday and less than half an hour later the gunman escaping in a bus was nabbed by the police.

The shooting took place inside a hotel where the Karuna faction member was employed as a waiter. The cashier of the hotel was injured in the shooting and was taken to the Colombo National Hospital in a critical condition.

The gunman after the shooting in the heart of Puttlam town had boarded a three wheeler, travelled a short distance and got into an Anamaduwa-bound bus. Police had later identified the threeweeler and questioned the driver who said that the youth in it had got into the bus.

Police gave chase to the bus and arrested the suspected who allegedly admitted that he was sent to the area to kill Karuna faction members.
The victim was a youth from Trincomalee.

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