WORLD IN BRIEF : INDIA : Two More Arrested in Gandhi Killing
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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Police in New Delhi investigating the May assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi arrested two more Tamil militants, a 70-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl. The arrests brought to 10 the number of people held in the killing accomplished by a woman with a bomb strapped to her body. All are thought be members of the Sri Lanka-based group known as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Police said they have “clinching evidence” that the latest two suspects, who were not identified, were involved in the assassination.
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