German police arrest six Tamil separatists :
Karlsruhe - German police have arrested six leading Tamil separatists, the federal prosecution agency said on Friday.
The men - three German and three Sri Lankan nationals - are suspected of belonging to an organization which extorts money from ethnic Tamils living in Germany, to fund Sri Lanka's rebel Liberation Tiger of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) group.
One of the men, 34-year-old Vijikanendra V S, is suspected of leading the German-based Tamil Coordination Committee (TCC), federal prosecutors said.
The other men are thought to be members of the organization, which represents the LTTE in Germany.
The European Union classed the LTTE was classed as a terrorist organization in 2006.
Five of the six men are being held in custody, and police also searched eight premises including the TCC's centre in Oberhausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia.
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