LTTE intelligence chief 8216;colonel8217; Charles killed

Charles, who was in-charge of internal intelligence within the ranks of LTTE ground forces, 8220;was killed along with three LTTE lieutenants in the ambush while they were riding in a van,8221; it said.

Confirming the fatal attack, the Eeelam People8217;s Democratic Party Chief and Social Services and Social Welfare Minister Douglas Devananda said the death of Charles was a 8220;setback8221; to LTTE Supremo V Prabhakaran.

8220;The 43-year-old Charles has been involved in killing of some senior leaders and the Colombo Central bank bomb blast,8221; which had left 91 people dead and 1000 injured in January 1996, said Devananda, who himself recently survived a suicide attack carried out by a suspected LTTE woman bomber.