Prabhakaran's parents in government custodyMay 28th, 2009 COLOMBO - The parents of the now dead Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran are in the "protective custody" of the Sri Lankan government, a media report said Thursday. Thiruvenkatam Velupillai (76) and his wife Parvathi (71) surrendered to the army several days ago, The Island newspaper quoted a government official as saying.
Prabhakaran's body found: military chiefMay 19th, 2009 COLOMBO - The body of Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran has been found, the Sri Lankan defence ministry said Tuesday. The state-run TV showed the body kept on a stretcher.
LTTE defeated, Sri Lanka free from terror: army chiefMay 18th, 2009 COLOMBO - Sri Lankan armed forces have 'militarily defeated the LTTE and freed the nation from three decades of terror', army chief Lt Gen Sarath Fonseka said Monday after Tamil Tigers leader Velupillai Prabhakaran was killed in the island's north. All top leaders had now been killed and the process of identifying the bodies was underway, the Sri Lankan military announced.
3 senior LTTE leaders killed: Sri Lanka armyMay 18th, 2009 COLOMBO - The Sri Lanka army has claimed to have killed three senior Tamil Tiger leaders, as its fight against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam continued in the northern part of Sri Lanka on Monday. Sri Lanka's government said troops were engaged in "final brushing up" hours after a website linked to the rebels said the Tigers were laying down arms.
2,000 civilians killed in Sri Lanka war zone: Pro-LTTE websiteMay 10th, 2009 COLOMBO/NEW DELHI - Over 2,000 Tamil civilians were killed in a single night during 'indiscriminate barrage of shelling by the Sri Lanka Army on the safety zone' in the island's north, a website sympathetic to the Tamil Tigers said Sunday. The shelling by the army, starting from Saturday night to Sunday morning, 'slaughtered more than 2,000 civilians including large number of women and children', the pro-LTTE website TamilNet reported quoting medical sources in Vanni.
Senior Tamil Tiger rebel killed in fightingMay 4th, 2009 COLOMBO - Sri Lankan troops have killed a senior Tamil Tiger rebel in northeastern part of the country, officials said Monday. The army said Thamilendhi was the in-charge of the LTTE's (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) heavy weaponry division.
Sri Lankan Navy kills 23 rebelsMay 1st, 2009 COLOMBO - At least 23 Tamil Tigers were killed when the Sri Lankan Navy destroyed their boats off the coast of northeastern Mullaitivu district, an official said Friday. Navy spokesman Mahesh Karunaratne said two rebel suicide boats and an attack craft were destroyed at around 1 a.m.
Sri Lanka Navy kills 25 Tamil TigersApril 29th, 2009 COLOMBO - Sri Lanka Navy Wednesday said they had killed at least 25 Tamil Tigers and destroyed six of their boats in a pre-dawn attack. Navy spokesman Capt D.K.P.
Rajapaksa visits KilinochchiApril 16th, 2009 COLOMBO - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Thursday visited Kilinochchi, the former administrative hub of the Tamil Tigers, officials said. The visit coincides with continuous fighting between the military and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), which now controls only a small strip of territory in Mullaitivu district.
Sri Lanka's truce begins, LTTE kills soldierApril 13th, 2009 COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's temporary truce with the Tamil Tigers to mark the Sinhala and Tamil New Year began Monday even as the rebels killed a soldier in sniper attack, the military said. Military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) fired a mortar shell wounding one soldier and killing another in Puthukkudiyiruppa area in Mullaitivu district.
Troops kill 29 Tigers in Sri LankaMarch 27th, 2009 COLOMBO - At least 29 Tamil Tigers were killed in fresh clashes with troops in Sri Lanka's northeastern Mullaitivu district, the defence ministry said Friday. It said the 58 Division confronted the Liberation Tigers of Tamil, now confined to an area of just 21.5 sq km, in and around Puthukkudiyiruppu as well as Iranapalai, 'causing considerable damage to the enemy'.
Rajapaksa to meet Sri Lankan Tamil partiesFebruary 15th, 2009 COLOMBO - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa will soon meet Tamil political leaders to discuss a 'democracy road map' for the areas seized from the Tamil Tigers. The president revealed this to Asian Tribune website, adding that the meeting may coincide with the virtual liquidation of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the island's north.
Army captures last LTTE sea baseFebruary 4th, 2009 COLOMBO - The Sri Lankan military Thursday said that it has captured the last sea base of the Tamil Tiger rebels. Officials said the Tamil Tiger base in Chalai was captured by the troops of the 55 Division Thursday afternoon.
LTTE's stronghold of Mullaitivu completely captured: Lankan armyJanuary 24th, 2009 COLOMBO - Sri Lankan troops fighting their way into the areas of the Tamil Tiger rebels Sunday fully captured the rebels' last major bastion of Mullaitivu, dealing severe body blow to the beleaguered rebel outfit, the island nation's army chief said Sunday. 'Mullaitivu, the (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) LTTE terror hub, has been completely captured by our heroic troops.
Sri Lankan Navy on alert to prevent Prabhakaran from fleeingJanuary 10th, 2009 COLOMBO - The Sri Lankan Navy is on alert to prevent Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran from fleeing the island, the state television quoted a naval official as saying Sunday. Commander D.K.P.
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