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The claim of Prabhakaran's survival was reiterated in 2023 by Indian activist Pazha Nedumaran, who declared through a press conference held at Thanjavur that the slain leader of LTTE is "still alive and doing well" and that he has been in contact with Prabhakaran's family. The claim was rejected by Sri Lanka which issued a statement stating ...
Balachandran Prabhakaran (1 October 1996 – 19 May 2009) was the third child of Velupillai Prabhakaran, the founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam movement. He was killed by Sri Lanka forces after surrendering during the final phase of the Sri Lankan Civil War in May 2009.
Shoba was born in 1982 and hailed from Delft Island. [10] [11] She was educated at the Memorial School and Vembadi Girls' High School.[10] [11] Her family moved to the Vanni in 1995 after being displaced from their home by Operation Riviresa - the Sri Lankan military's operation aimed at recapturing the Jaffna Peninsula. [11]
Prabhakaran died in 2009, but in the proceeding years, some have come forward to say Prabhakaran is alive and living abroad, collecting money on his behalf. His family is trying to dispel the myth ...
Pictures have surfaced of Balachandran Prabhakaran, the 12-year-old son of LTTE founder and leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran, alive, unharmed and in custody of the military. A photo from a few hours later shows the boy's dead body shot in the chest five times. [8]
He was a childhood friend of Velupillai Prabhakaran and was the LTTE's accredited vice captain. [47] He was killed by the Sri Lanka Army on 9 January 1985. Lieutenant Sellakil i † [48] Sathasivam Selvanayakam 23 July 1983 Thirunelveli
Its leader Velupillai Prabhakaran was influenced by Indian freedom fighters such as Subhas Chandra Bose. [158] The organisation denied being a separatist movement and saw itself as fighting for self-determination and restoration of sovereignty in what it recognised as Tamil homeland. [ 159 ]
Velupillai Prabhakaran (Karikalan) - Leader of the LTTE and of the de facto state of Tamil Eelam till 2009. Charles Lucas Anthony (Seelan) - senior Tamil Tiger commander; V. Baheerathakumar (Theepan) - senior Tamil Tiger commander, de facto military leader