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Prabhakaran had over the years built up the LTTE into a powerful movement running a shadow state and had acquired the status of being "Thesiya Thalaivar" (National Leader of the Land). [100] He was called thambi , meaning "younger brother", by Eelam Tamil elders, which was also his pet name since he was the youngest in his family. [ 101 ]
Black Tiger members were given a chance to have his/her last supper with the LTTE leader Prabhakaran, which was a rare honour, motivating LTTE cadres to join the Black Tiger wing. [ 233 ] On 28 November 2007, an LTTE suicide bomber named Sujatha Vagawanam detonated a bomb hidden inside her bra in an attempt to kill Sri Lankan minister Douglas ...
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]
The photo, according to the newspaper, shows captured Tamil Tiger fighters in the last stages of the war in May 2009. ... Velupillai Prabhakaran. Prabhakaran died in 2009, but in the proceeding ...
LTTE leader of Trincomalee: Personal bodyguard of LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, and a senior commander of the LTTE. Believed to have been killed in May 2009. [20] [21] Pulidevan † Seevaratnam Pulidevan 18 May 2009 Vellamullivaikkal: Head of the LTTE Peace Secretariat: Member of the LTTE negotiating team during peace talks.
In 1998 a court in India presided over by Special Judge V. Navaneetham found the LTTE and its leader Velupillai Prabhakaran responsible for the assassination. [22] In a 2006 interview, LTTE ideologue Anton Balasingham stated regret over the assassination, although he stopped short of outright acceptance of responsibility for it. [23] [24]
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.
The brigade was named after Charles Lucas Anthony alias Lt. Seelan, who had been LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran's right-hand man during the early stages of the LTTE, and was also the first attack commander of the LTTE. Kandiah Balasegaran alias Balraj, Amuthab and Gobith have also served as its commanders. During the final days of the civil ...