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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.
The 1974 Tamil conference incident during which intervention by Sri Lankan police resulted in 11 dead [41] also sparked the anger of these militant groups. Both Sivakumaran and Prabhakaran attempted to assassinate Duraiyappah in revenge for the incident. Sivakumaran committed suicide on 5 June 1974, to evade capture by Police. [42]
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 regiment was named after the LTTE's first military commander and a close associate to LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, Charles Lucas Anthony(Lt.Seelan). Lt.Seelan led the first ever attack on the Sri Lankan army by any Tamil militant group on 15 October 1981 when the LTTE ambushed an army jeep driving down the KKS Road in Jaffna, killing ...
1976, saw a series of brazen robberies committed by the LTTE. In March 1976, LTTE members robbed the People's Bank at Puttur of Rs. 668,000 in cash and jewellery.
Sarath Fonseka, then the Sri Lankan Army Chief stated that they had been shot dead on the orders of Gotabhaya Rajapaksa to Shavendra Silva, commander of the 58 Division (Sri Lanka). Balachandran Prabhakaran, Prabhakaran's 12-year-old son, was also killed after surrendering along with his bodyguards. A UN Panel states the LTTE leaders intended ...
It covers several incidents that occurred during the Sri Lankan Civil War, including the killing of Velupillai Prabhakaran. Major General Kamal Gunaratne was the commander of the 53 Division in Sri Lanka Army , that is believed to have killed the LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran .
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. Shashikumar Master † Mithiran Selvarathnam