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India rejects reports of LTTE training camps in Tamil Nadu

In a statement released Monday, the Indian High Commission in Colombo dismissed reports made in a Sri Lankan newspaper that there were LTTE training camps in Tamil Nadu.

The statement read,

“The suggestion contained in the news item regarding the training of terrorists at three secret camps in Tamil Nadu, India is entirely erroneous and baseless. Relevant agencies of the two countries have ongoing cooperation and no such information has been brought to the notice of the Government of India."

The reports arose from the Island newspaper, which asserted that "terrorists" were arriving on the island disguised as Tamil Nadu fishermen. A move described as "ominous" by the Indian newspaper, The Hindu.

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