Sri Lanka on alert as Tamils warn of resuming war

Tamil Tigers today said they were losing patience with the Sri Lanka government and could be forced to resume their bloody civil war following the killing of two of the rebel group’s senior members in an attack they blame on military intelligence agents.

The warning came after the rebels and two civilians were killed by unidentified assailants on Sunday in Sri Lanka’s north-eastern port of Trincomalee – most of which is under government control.