(UTV|COLOMBO) – German Authorities have arrested a Sri Lankan man suspected of involvement in killing captured Government soldiers as a member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) organisation a decade ago, the Associated Press reported.
Federal Prosecutors said a Judge ordered Thursday (02), the 36-year-old, identified only as Sivatheeban B. because of German privacy rules, detained pending a potential indictment.
He was arrested Wednesday (01) in the Duesseldorf area, suspected of committing war crimes and membership in a foreign terrorist organisation.
Prosecutors say he belonged to the LTTE from 2006 – 2009. They allege that, in 2008, he tied up 16 soldiers and guarded them as they were driven to a site where they were shot.
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