Sri Lanka is a beautiful island situated in the Indian Ocean at the tip of the India.

In 4^th century king Vijaya and his men settle down in Sri Lanka and gradually became a Sinhala Buddhist country.

In 1815 British won the control of whole Island and ruled up to 1948.

In the same year citizen of Sri Lanka won the independence from British and formed first independent government by D.S.Senanayaka.

­­Mainly population of sri lanka consist of majority Sinhalese and minority Tamil, Muslim, Burger, Male community.

Intolerance of Tamil people

1970 Government of sri lanka passed two pieces of legislation increased Tamil concern. The first piece, cut Tamil numbers in universities; previously, Tamils had won a relatively high proportion of university places. The second was the constitutional declaration that Buddhism had ‘foremost place’ in Sri Lanka and that it was the state’s duty to ‘protect and foster’ Buddhism.

Unrest grew among northern Tamils, and a state of emergency was imposed on their home regions for several years from 1971. The police and army that enforced the state of emergency included few Tamils (partly because of the ‘Sinhala only’ law) and therefore came to be seen by the Tamils as an enemy force.

In the mid-1970s some young Tamils began fighting for an independent Tamil state called Eelam (Precious Land). They included Vellupillai Prabhakaran, who founded and still leads the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), often referred to as the Tamil Tigers.

Who is Prabakaran

Born - November 26, 1954 in velvettithurai, sri lanka

Charge - Crimes against life and health, Terrorism,

Murder, Organized crime and Terrorism

conspiracy

Penalty - Death Warrant Issued by Madras

Spouse - Mathivathani Erambu

Children - Charles Anthony, Duwaraka, Balachandran

From a secret jungle base in the north-east of Sri Lanka, Velupillai Prabhakaran heads the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for an independent Tamil homeland and Tamil nationality and Tamil right to self-determination" are politically recognized and accepted.




Prabakaran and Mathivathani were married in a simple temple ceremony at Murugan Temple at Thiruporur on the 1st October 1984.













LTTE leader Velupillai Prabakaran
and his family





Terrorist activities done by LTTE



LTTE Atrocities

1983-07-23 - The LTTE kill 13 soldiers in an armed ambush in Jaffna.

1984-11-11 -Dollar Farm massacre- A group of armed LTTE cadres attacked the Dollar Farm village in the night and massacred at least 33 civilians including large number of children and women.

1984-11-30-Kent Farm massacre- LTTE terrorists launched their second night raid targeting the Kent Farm village and massacred 29 civilians, including women and children, looted their belongings and set fire on to their houses.

1985-05-14-Anuradhapura massacre- LTTE gunmen shoot dead 146 Sinhalese civilians and injure 85 others as they were praying at a sacred Buddhist shrine in Anuradhapura

1985-06-04-Dehiwatta Village Massacre- Over 100 LTTE terrorists armed with sharp weapons butchered 15 villagers of Dehiwatta in Polonnaruwa district on their sleeping mats. Majority of the victims were women and children.

1985-08-14-Aranthalawa Village Massacre- A group of armed LTTE terrorists raided a Sinhalse village at Aranthalawa , in Ampara district . The terrorists butchered 7 villagers after torturing them.

1986-02-19-When refugees from Serunuwara, Dehiwatta were being escorted by army personnel along Ella/Kantalai road, LTTE exploded a mine killing 35 civilians and four army personnel.

1986-05-03-Air Lanka Flight UL512: LTTE bomb explodes aboard Air Lanka flight carrying mainly French, British and Japanese tourists killing 21 (including 13 foreigners - of whom 2 British, 2 German, 3 French, 2 Japanese, 1 Maldivian and 1 Pakistani) and injuring 41 on Bandaranaike International Airport.

1986-06-04-Andankulam Village massacre: LTTE terrorists attacked Andankulam, a Sinhala village, 17-20 civilians, including Ven. Bakamune Subaddalanakara Thero, mostly women and children were hacked to death after undergoing brutal torture at the hands of the terrorists.

1986-06-11-Trincomalee Two bombs exploded by LTTE almost simultaneously in two buses in front of the Bank of Ceylon and in close proximity to the SP office along Inner Harbour Road. They were on their way to Kantalai and Colombo respectively. 22 people were killed in the explosions; 75 injured.

1986-07-22-LTTE cadres exploded a land-mine on a civilian bus, killing 32 Sinhalese civilians and injuring 20 others.

1987-04-16- Habarana, Trincomalee: LTTE cadres shot dead 127 Sinhalese civilians , including 31 police and security force personnel who were travelling in buses to Trincomalee.

1987-04-21- Central Bus Stand, Pettah: LTTE operatives exploded a bomb, killing 113 civilians, two policemen and a soldier; 298 others were injured.

1987-06-02- A bus carrying Buddhist monks in Arantalawa was stopped by the LTTE who then killed 32 Buddhist monks (including Chief Priest Ven. Hegoda Indrasara) who were passengers of this bus. Only one monk survived this massacre. This was the first massacre of Buddhist monks in modern Sri Lankan history.

1987-07-05- The LTTE carries out its first suicide bombing at the Nelliady army camp killing 40 security force (SF) personnel.

1987-10-19-Kalkudah Batticaloa Private bus 23 - 1182 transporting Tamil passengers got caught on an LTTE land-mine, killing 40 persons and an IPKF soldier.

1988-03-11-Suhadagama Horowpathana Anuradhapura: A group of LTTE cadres attacked a private bus, 22 Sri 2218, at Suhadagamaw with small arms and grenades, killing 19 passengers and injuring nine others.

1988-11-14- Paniketiyawa, Gomarakadawela Trincomalee: LTTE cadres shot dead 28 Sinhalese, including two security force personnel.

1989-02-11-Dutuwewa Village massacre- LTTE terrorists carried out a brutal attack on Dutuwawa, A Sinhala village in the Horowpathana killing 37 villagers including 20 children, five women and one Buddhist monk in the night.

1989-02-27-Borawewa Village bloodbath- Over 100 LTTE terrorists wielding swords, machetes, clubs and firearms stormed Borawewa Sinhalese village in Polonnaruwa District in the middle of the night and carried out house-to-house murder of innocent civilians who were still on their sleeping mats killing 38 civilians including large number of children, and women after brutally maiming them.

1990-07-12- Six SF personnel are killed when a group of four male suicide squad cadres of the LTTE attack a Naval Vessel in Trincomalee with an explosives-laden boat.

1990-08-04- LTTE's Kaththankudi Muslim Mosque Massacre

1990-08-07- Bandaraduwa Uhana, Ampara,About 40 armed terrorists had gone to a Sinhalese village and killed 30 Sinhalese and injured four

1990-08-11- Division 3 & 6 Eravur LTTE cadres attacked Div. 3 & 6, Eravur, killing 116 Muslims and injuring 20 others.

1990-11-23- Three soldiers die as two suicide bombers attack the Manakulam Army Camp with a car laden with explosives.

1991-03-02- Deputy Defence Minister Ranjan Wijeratne and 19 persons are killed by an LTTE suicide bomber at Havelock Road in the national capital Colombo.

1991-05-21- Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and 18 persons are killed by a female suicide bomber in the town of Sriperumbudur, approximately 30 miles from Chennai, capital of the southern State of Tamil Nadu.

LTTE killed Indian Prime Minister Sri Rajiv Gandhi





On the day Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi killed

The bomber, Dhanu, shortly before the suicide bomb attack.

Sonia watches the funeral pyre of Rajiv Gandhi as Rahul walks ahead of her.

1992-04-29- Alinchipothana, Polonnaruwa, LTTE cadres attacked the Alinchipothana village, killing 56 Muslims and injuring 15

1992-10-15- Palliyagodella Polonnaruwa, LTTE cadres attacked a Muslim village and shot and hacked to death 182 civilians (171 of them were Muslims), twelve policemen and eight soldiers; 83 others were injured

1992-11-16- Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy, Vice Admiral W.W.E.C. Fernando, and four Navy personnel are killed by a motorcycle-borne suicide bomber at Galle Face in Colombo

1993-05-01- A suicide bomber, later identified as Babu, kills President Ranasinghe Premadasa and 23 persons during a May Day rally at the Armour Street Junction in Colombo.

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