Two LTTE rival factions clash in Oslo; One dead and two injured

By: Suresh Balraj- Colombo

In a violent clash erupted between two rival LTTE factions in Oslo, on Sunday( August 12) evening, a Tamil expatriate was killed while two others sustained serious injuries foreign news agencies reported.

According to news reports, two factions of the rival LTTE figures Soosai and Pottu Amman had clashed with each other fiercely at a supermarket in Kallbakken in Oslo. The two pro-LTTE gangs were armed with guns and swords and commuters were much terrified on the street mob which hindered the normally peaceful neighbourhood in Kallbakken.

The reports further added that an injured LTTE supporter had sustained a pistol shot injury and a deep cut by a large samurai sword. The injured were receiving treatment at the Ulleral University hospital. The Oslo police estimate that at least ten Tamil gangsters were involved in the crime.

The dead was identified as Rajan alias ‘Selika’, while the injured were namely Kannan and Kuhan, all said to be former LTTE combatants.

Recently pro-LTTE factions have taken their clashes into the streets under the asylum given by the Norweigian government. The Tamil communities dispersed in Oslo and suburbs have become the elite voters in Norwegian elections, presenting a majority over the ‘Nomadic’ decedents, locals proclaim, reports said.

Questions has aroused why the Norwegian government officials had taken a silent note on to the street fights and planned mobs by factions of the LTTE now a frequent occurrence in Tamil populated areas. It was also revealed lately in a report based on substantial evidence produced by the Norwegian anti terror activist, Paul Rovik that Norway has become the hub of an European Tamil under world which is also believed to be linked to the most ruthless terror organisations such as Al Qaeda and Islamic Jihad.

Surprisingly, in the ‘Global Peace Index’, rankings issued on 30th May, Norway has been placed 01st despite giving asylum for terrorist supporters of an internationally banned terror outfit. Oslo itself has become a popular breeding ground for pro-LTTE gangs who take on reprisal attacks on other Tamil expatriates who oppose funding or ideologies of the LTTE.

On 06th July, 2006, a Norwegian lady journalist Nina Jhonsurd who works for a popular Norwegian news paper named "Dagsavisen", escaped death when LTTE operatives in Oslo opened a burst of gunfire at her private resident in Oslo. Nina was the Journalist who exposed the corruption of the LTTE leader, Yogaraja Balasingham, rigging the Oslo municipal elections.