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German police arrest six Tamil separatists
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Colombo News Desk CND on 06 March, 2010 04:20:00
 
The men - three German and three Sri Lankan nationals - are suspected of
belonging to an organisation which extorts money from ethnic Tamils living in
Germany, to fund Sri Lanka's rebel Liberation Tiger of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) group.
One of the men, 34-year-old Vijikanendra V. S., is suspected of leading the
German-based Tamil Coordination Committee (TCC), federal prosecutors said.
The other men are thought to be members of the organisation, which represents
the LTTE in Germany.
The European Union (EU) listed the LTTE as a terrorist organisation in 2006.
Police also searched eight premises, including the TCC's centre in Oberhausen,
in North Rhine-Westphalia.