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Pictures of Prabhakaran`s body released
T V Sriram
Colombo, May 19 (PTI) Sri Lankan army Tuesday
recovered the body of slain Tamil Tiger supremo Velupillai
Prabhakaran and splashed its images on the national television
after LTTE claimed that he was alive and that the group would
continue to fight for a separate homeland.
"Prabhakaran's body was found near Nandikadal lagoon
(in the No Fire Zone)," Army Chief Gen Sarath Fonseka said in
a televised address just an hour after LTTE raised questions
over his death with its new international spokesman S
Pathmanathan saying Prabhakaran was alive and safe.
The images of the body aired by the television showed
Prabhakaran in full battle fatigues with the bullet hole on
the temple with his head resting on a newspaper.
Prabhakaran's face was intact with eyes wide open and
the image bore a close resemblance to the stocky mustached
rebel leader. The TV also showed his dog tag and a LTTE
identity card bearing his number 0-01.
The images were shown on television as Pathmanathan
came out with a statement. "Our beloved leader Velupillai
Prabhakaran is alive and safe. He will continue to lead the
quest for dignity and freedom for the Tamil people."
The statement was carried by the pro-LTTE website
TamilNet.com.
The new face of the LTTE, who according to sources, is
based in some South-East Asian country went on to accuse the
Sri Lankan forces of "crimes against humanity", saying the
outfit's civil leaders B Nadesan and S Pulideevan were killed
in "cold blood" when they had come to the Army's 58th division
with white flags to negotiate an end to conflict.
The LTTE claims created ripples within the Lankan
Government and the Army Chief went on television to state
categorically "reports from the battlefield confirmed this
morning that they have identified the body of Prabhakaran,
this ruthless terrorist leader".
"The fighting was yesterday. He was killed yesterday
and the body was identified today," he said.
Defence Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella said "we will
give the body to an undertaker. We cannot just throw the body
in the jungle. We are civilised country."
Coflicting accounts of the Tiger leader's fate came a
day after Sri Lankan forces wiped out the entire top LTTE
leadership to claim to have ended one of the world's bitterly
fought ethnic wars. PTI
Colombo, May 19 (PTI) Sri Lankan army Tuesday
recovered the body of slain Tamil Tiger supremo Velupillai
Prabhakaran and splashed its images on the national television
after LTTE claimed that he was alive and that the group would
continue to fight for a separate homeland.
"Prabhakaran's body was found near Nandikadal lagoon
(in the No Fire Zone)," Army Chief Gen Sarath Fonseka said in
a televised address just an hour after LTTE raised questions
over his death with its new international spokesman S
Pathmanathan saying Prabhakaran was alive and safe.
The images of the body aired by the television showed
Prabhakaran in full battle fatigues with the bullet hole on
the temple with his head resting on a newspaper.
Prabhakaran's face was intact with eyes wide open and
the image bore a close resemblance to the stocky mustached
rebel leader. The TV also showed his dog tag and a LTTE
identity card bearing his number 0-01.
The images were shown on television as Pathmanathan
came out with a statement. "Our beloved leader Velupillai
Prabhakaran is alive and safe. He will continue to lead the
quest for dignity and freedom for the Tamil people."
The statement was carried by the pro-LTTE website
TamilNet.com.
The new face of the LTTE, who according to sources, is
based in some South-East Asian country went on to accuse the
Sri Lankan forces of "crimes against humanity", saying the
outfit's civil leaders B Nadesan and S Pulideevan were killed
in "cold blood" when they had come to the Army's 58th division
with white flags to negotiate an end to conflict.
The LTTE claims created ripples within the Lankan
Government and the Army Chief went on television to state
categorically "reports from the battlefield confirmed this
morning that they have identified the body of Prabhakaran,
this ruthless terrorist leader".
"The fighting was yesterday. He was killed yesterday
and the body was identified today," he said.
Defence Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella said "we will
give the body to an undertaker. We cannot just throw the body
in the jungle. We are civilised country."
Coflicting accounts of the Tiger leader's fate came a
day after Sri Lankan forces wiped out the entire top LTTE
leadership to claim to have ended one of the world's bitterly
fought ethnic wars. PTI
