P183 183 YLE TEKSTI-TV 18.07. 2111:10 NEWS IN ENGLISH TUESDAY Tamil leader killed by unknown gunmen Uma Maheswaran, a Tamil leader wjth close linksÉwith India was shot and killed by unknown assailantu in Colom- bo on Sunday. Mahesawaran hjaded the People's Libe- r tion Orkanisation of Tamil Eelam, a former rebel group that accepted an India-sponsored accord in 1987 aimed at ending the Tamil insurgency in SrU Lanka. Last week two other Tamil leader1 aluo considered pro-India were killed in Colombo. Maheswaran aluo masterminded a failed coup attempt in the Maldives last year. US & USSR:chemical weapons 184