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Prabhakaran was a major figure of Tamil nationalism, and the founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The LTTE was a militant organization that sought to create an independent Tamil state in the north and east of Sri Lanka in reaction to the oppression of the country's Tamil population by the Sri Lankan government .
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 ]
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. He was killed by Sri Lankan forces after surrendering during the final phase of the Sri Lankan civil war in May 2009.
Yassin, a Malay nationalist, [212] has been accused of using the ban to mastermind the "politically motivated" arrests of Indian Tamil members of the Democratic Action Party over alleged LTTE links. [213] The LTTE leader Prabhakaran contested the terrorist designation of his organization, asserting that the international community had been ...
LTTE leader of Norway: With the demise of LTTE in May 2009, Nediyavan appeared as the military leader of the LTTE. He was apprehended by Norwegian authorities in May 2011. [27] Brigadier Thurka † 5 April 2009 Aanandapuram: Commander of Sothiya Regiment: A female commander of the LTTE, she was the leader of the all-female Sothiya Regiment.
Mahattaya joined the LTTE in 1978. In 1987 he became the deputy leader of the LTTE, and in 1989 he became the head of the short-lived People's Front of Liberation Tigers, a political party founded by the LTTE. Mahattaya was the person who was leading most of the attacks done by LTTE when Prabhakaran was in India until 1986.
Mayor of Jaffna Alfred Duraiappah is shot to death by LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran in the first major attack by the group. Jaffna, Jaffna District: 1: 1: 1976.
In 2002, Judge Sarath Ambepitiya issued an open warrant to arrest LTTE's exclusive leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran in connection with the 1996 Central Bank Bombing. [11] The judge found him guilty, in absentia , on 51 counts and sentenced him to 200 years in prison.