Kadir killing: Two arrested

COLOMBO, Sunday (AFP)- Two men directly involved in planning the assassination of Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar have been arrested, IGP Chandra Fernando said Sunday. The two men were taken into custody here and were being interrogated, Fernando said, adding that evidence so far suggested the involvement of the LTTE.

He said the two men had travelled to the rebel-held town of Kilinochchi and visited a rebel military camp. They were arrested "a couple of days ago."

Investigators have found the box in which the murder weapon was concealed and brought into Colombo, Fernando said.

He said the investigators were yet to recover the gun that was used in the August 12 killing of Kadirgamar.