Government forces launched fresh artillery attacks on Sunday at a disputed water reservoir in Sri Lanka8217;s northeast, hours after Tamil Tigers agreed to lift a blockade on water supplies to government-held villages, rebels and truce monitors said.
The artillery attack began just as Ulf Henricsson, chief of a Nordic ceasefire monitoring team, and rebel officials were preparing to reopen the reservoir8217;s sluice gates, said rebel leader Seevarathnam Puleedevan from Kilinochchi.
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