Tamils threaten to use suicide bombers if war erupts

The political chief of the Tamil Tiger rebels today said that his group would use all means necessary – including suicide bombers – if full-scale war erupted in Sri Lanka.

The comments by SP Tamilselvan came amid weeks of increasing violence that he blamed on the Sri Lankan military and other groups opposed to the Tigers, denying the separatist militants had played any role in violence in areas under government control.