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Velupillai Prabhakaran was born in the northern coastal town of Valvettithurai on 26 November 1954, the youngest of four children. [26] [27] His parents, Thiruvenkadam Velupillai and Vallipuram Parvathy, belonged to the Karaiyar community. [28] [29] [30] Thiruvenkadam Velupillai was the District Land Officer in the Ceylon Government.
Established in 1972, Tamil New Tigers (TNT) was the precursor to the LTTE. After it was renamed as Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and restructured under the leadership of Velupillai Prabhakaran, the group staged low key attacks against various government targets, including policemen and local politicians. [1]
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.
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 ...
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. [10] [12]
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 ]
On 31 October 2013, Channel 4 News broadcast new video footage which showed Isaipriya alive and in the custody of the Sri Lankan military. [14] She is shown half naked and disorientated, and the Sri Lankan soldiers initially believe her to be Dwaraka, daughter of the LTTE leader V. Prabhakaran.
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.