Hilary Rajakarunanayake, Editor – Sri Lanka, Asian Tribune
Colombo, 18 May, (Asiantribune.com): Unconfirmed Army official sources told at noon today (18) that LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran and his intelligence chief Pottu Amman were among those killed when attempting to flee in a vehicle.
Their dead bodies have not yet been officially identified but are believed to be among the other 75 LTTE cadres killed.
The Derana News Channel has publicly announced the deaths of Prabhakaran and Pottu Amman.
In the meantime, the dead body of Charles Anthony was shown on National TV –Rupavahini at 1.00 pm today(18). The dead bodies of the other LTTE leaders disclosed so far are expected to be shown to the nation shortly.
The deaths of Nadesan’s wife and Sundaram, Charles Anthony’s close aide were also officially announced.
Furthermore, the dead bodies of Police Chief of the LTTE Ilango Sundaram and Deputy LTTE Intelligence Wing Chief Kapil Amman have been identified and recovered by the Army, the Military spokesman Brigadier Nanayakkara confirmed this morning.
- Asian Tribune -
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THE END!
THE END!
It is sad to see Sri Lankan
It is sad to see Sri Lankan die for no reason. International community is responsible for prolonging this crisis for the last 2 weeks. They gave false hope to the LTTE that they would negotiate a ceasefire and caused unnecessary death of hundreds of people in Sri Lanka.
If not for these false hopee, LTTE would have surrendeded a few weeks ago and several hundreds of lives could have been saved.
We do not celebrate the
We do not celebrate the death. And we never did.
But the deaths of these terror masters are necessary part of the peace process.
Those dead never understood what peace is all about.
This is an unprecedented
This is an unprecedented victory for the government of Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan armed forces and the people of the nation. The enormous sacrifices and the pain of millions of Sri Lankans endured over 30 long years must now translate to building and growing a just and prosperous society for all its citizens. We must ask ourselves what gave rise to Tamil extremism and LTTE barbarianism and ensure those underlying causes which gave rise to extremism are addressed to the complete delight of all of the nations communities. The collective relief from the total destruction of the LTTE machinery and its leaders hopefully will create a free environment for all Sri Lankans to objectively assess those legitimate grievances of minorities and work together to evolve a system that ensures fairness, dignity and respect for all individual citizens.
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