LTTE Terrorists kill security guard in raid; military finds powerful bomb

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels killed a Sri Lankan security guard in an attack on a government post Wednesday, and the military found and defused a powerful bomb, a military spokesman said. The incidents were the latest that threaten a return to all-out civil war, despite claims by the government and separatist Tigers that they still adhere to a 2002 cease-fire that ended nearly two decades of conflict. Military spokesman Brig. Prasad Samarasinghe said the rebels raided the government security post in the northern district of Vavuniya at 1 a.m. and killed one of the country's
"home guards," pro-government civilian residents who have weapons training help security forces at vulnerable points. Vavuniya is the last government-controlled town before rebel-held territory in the island nation's north.