Prabha-Karuna war intensifies in East Lanka

Hindustan Times - The feud between the LTTE supremo, Velupillai Prabhakaran, and the breakaway group led by Col Karuna, seems to be intensifying in eastern Sri Lanka.

On Saturday alone, eight people were gunned down and four wounded in separate incidents.

According to the pro-LTTE daily Sudar Oli, six people were killed by the Karuna group in Konakanaweli in Welikanda on the border between Batticaloa and Polonnaruwa districts. Among the killed were four Muslims, a Tamil and a Sinhala.