According to Tamil Nadu nationalist activist Pazha Nedumaran, LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, who was thought to have been slain by the Sri Lankan Army in 2009, is still alive and well.
Pazha Nedumaran asserted during a news conference that the international (political) climate and the vehement hostility to the Rajapaksas by the Sinhalese people in Sri Lanka had paved the way for Prabhakaran to become the leader of the Eelam Tamils.
Nedumaran asserted that the LTTE commander is in good health and that the statement would put an end to any 'prepared' rumours that had been propagated about him. According to Prabhakaran, a strategy for the arrival of the Eelam Tamils in Sri Lanka will soon be announced.
He urged the Tamils in Sri Lanka and those who reside in all other countries to unite and offer him their unwavering support. He claimed that up until they reached their peak of strength, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) prevented any forces hostile to India from gaining a foothold in the areas they controlled in Sri Lanka.
He continued, "They have not only repelled such forces but have also not received any backing from such countries that are hostile to India."
"It is known that he passed away on May 19, 2009. The DNA has established it "Colonel Nalin Herath, a spokesman for the Sri Lankan defence ministry, told PTI.
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a militant group that was founded and led by a Sri Lankan Tamil guerilla, aimed to establish an independent Tamil state in the country's northeast and east.
The military of Sri Lanka put an end to the island nation's almost three-decade-long savage civil war in May 2009 by murdering the LTTE's top brass after a bloody campaign that started in 1983.
Although the precise date of Prabhakaran's death at the hands of the Sri Lankan Army is unknown, his passing was reported on May 19, 2009.
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