Prachanda wants LTTE to stop attacks

In an interesting turn of events, the once-feared Nepalese guerrilla leader Prachanda has reportedly said Tamil Tiger supremo Vellupillai Prabhakaran should stop terrorist attacks on civilians and politicians. 8220;LTTE leader Prabhakaran must stop his suicide bomb attacks on politicians and civil society,8221; said Prachanda, whose Maoist party returned to political mainstream in Nepal after signing a landmark peace deal last year.

The Maoist chairman8217;s comments came during a meeting on Sunday with Sri Lankan Healthcare Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva in Nepal, the Island Newspaper reported on Tuesday. 8220;All South Asian and Asian countries must help out Sri Lanka to wipe out the LTTE terrorism,8221; it quoted Prachanda as saying.