Sementara itu, orang-orang bersenjata yang diduga pemberontak Pembebasan Macan Tamil Eelam (LTTE) menyerang pengendara penduduk sipil Sinhala di kota utara, Vavuniya Ahad malam.
Elsewhere on the island, suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE) rebels gunned down a Sinhalese civilian driver in the northern town of Vavuniya late Sunday.