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Sri Lanka Army

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Published on - 7/25/2004

PRESS RELEASE (04/17) ARMY HEADQUARTERS – 25 JULY 2004 AT 1400 HRS

Eight youths have been killed by some unidentified gunmen today (25) morning inside a house at Kottawa.

Attributing above incident, one Media Website has claimed that one military intelligence officer is among the dead persons.

The Directorate of Military Intelligence of the Army Headquarters categorically denies Army's involvement in the above incident and Sri Lanka Army further assures that no military intelligence operative is among the dead.