Fear stalks Sri Lanka as brothers who crushed Tamil Tigers edge towards power in presidential election

Sri Lankans were once kidnapped by state-sponsored death squads in white vans before being tortured, killed and their bodies fed to crocodiles, a man claiming to be a former driver and eyewitness has alleged.

Anthony Fernando, who was introduced by the South Asian nation’s current health minister at a dramatic press conference on Sunday, accused Gotabaya Rajapaksa, 70, the former defence secretary, of ordering the so-called white van abductions with the knowledge of senior police and military officials.

The accusations were all the more alarming as Mr Rajapaksa, brother of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is on the cusp of returning to power, a decade after the gruesome murders are said to…

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