(May 18, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Tamil Tiger supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran was on Monday shot dead by Sri Lankan special forces as he tried to stage a dramatic breakout from the army encirclement, a military spokesman said.
Prabhakaran and his top aides came out of their last hiding place in a small convoy of van and an ambulance and tried to drive out of the war zone, but were gunned down, he said.
However, the army is withholding an official announcement till a DNA test of the bodies are conducted.
The Tiger chief was killed with two others, who are yet to be identified but believed to be his closest associates LTTE intelligence chief Pottu Amman and Sea Tigers' chief Soosai.
The Sri Lanka Army has recovered, what appears to be the remains of LTTE Leader Velupillai Prabhakaran and the bodies of his key aides.The remains of 250 LTTE leaders and their bodyguards have been recovered.
As we reported yesterday, the Army's 1 and 2 Special Forces, incidentally the two Special Forces Regiments who fought to regain Mullaitivu Base over a decade ago and the Commando Regiment are discovering the remains 'in order of importance' with assistance provided by the MIC.
Meanwhile,Sri Lankan armed force have militarily defeated the LTTE and freed the nation from three decades of terror , Army Chief Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka announced.
Meanwhile defence sources on the battlefront said that all top LTTE leaders have been killed . The soldiers are in the process identifying the bodies of LTTE cadres.
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If the news of Prabhakaran's elimination is true, then, I as an Indian, and as a Tamil, would like to congratulate the Sri Lankan armed forces and President Rajapakshe, because the LTTE and Prabhakaran were the biggest hurdles in the way of the Sri Lankan tamils finding a solution to their problems. The past governments in Sri Lanka who failed to heed the legitimate demands of the Tamils, and the direct and indirect assistnace that governments in India offered to the LTTE were both responsible for creating this monster. Rajapakshe brought in a drastic change in strategy: he separated the LTTE and the Tamil issue. He was determined to eliminate the LTTE militarily, while ready to initiate a political process to solve the legitimate demands of Tamils. He has successfully achieved the first; now, the world will be watching his next moves on the second part of his strategy. If he fails to deliver on the second, eliminating one Prabhakaran and LTTE would be meaningless, because many more such monsters will crop up in Sri Lanka. In the proess, Rajapakshe has shown the world how to tackle terrorism. Look at the mess in Pakistan: under the tacit approval of USA, the Pakistani government stuck a deal with Taliban, which is now threatening to take over that country. Terrorist outfits like LTTE no doubt come out of the civil society because of some failure of powers that be in dealing with civilian issues. But once they become terrorists, they speak a different language. So governments have to takle these issues on two fronts: solve the civilian issues politically, and tackel the terrorists militarily. That is what Rajapakshe has done. We hope this will bring lasting peace and prosperity to the whole of Sri Lanka, including the Tamils.
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