However , the pro-LTTE TamilNet claimed that Shanmuganathan had been the victim of an internal conflict within the PLOTE .
The assassination was blamed on the rival rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam .
The pro-LTTE TamilNet claimed that Shanmuganathan had been the victim of an internal conflict within the PLOTE .
The assassination was blamed on the rival rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam .