Senior Tamil journalist Dharmeratnam Sivaram was found dead on Friday, his body riddled with bullet wounds, police said.Sivaram, editor of the popular pro-Tamil Tiger rebel website Tamilnet and a columnist for a local English daily, was abducted by four armed men as he left a Colombo restaurant after dinner late on Thursday, they said. His body was found near a marsh close to the national parliament. He was apparently shot at point blank range.A government statement condemned the killing, saying it was the latest in a series of violent attacks and political killings in the island since a ceasefire between Colombo and Tamil Tiger rebels took effect in 2002. ‘‘It is the result of factional fighting between the rebels although we don’t know which rebel faction is responsible,’’ said military spokesman Brig. Daya Ratnayake. Sporadic fighting between the Tigers and a breakaway faction is piling pressure on a three-year truce in the rebels’ two-decade war for autonomy.
