5 things you need to know about the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)

Video Shows Tiger Mauling in Beijing

கணியன் on Instagram: "Balachandran Prabhakaran (1 October 1996–19 May 2009) was the third child of Velupillai Prabhakaran, the founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam 🚼 He was killed by Sri Lankan forces after surrendering during the final phase of the Sri Lankan civil war in May 2009. The Sri Lankan military claims he was killed in crossfire during a battle. In 2013, leaked images showed Balachandran Prabhakaran, apparently in the custody of the Sri Lankan military. Subseque

Tamil Eelam Archive ☭ on Instagram: "Renowned Indian journalist Anita Pratap on Velupillai Prabhakaran, the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. (2003) Anita Pratap gained notoriety by witnessing and documenting the racial holocaust of Black July 1983 against the Eelam Tamils. Through this work, she earned the respect of LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran and was allowed to interview him multiple times throughout the decade, including once within the de facto state of Tamil Eelam. #ee

The Unsolved Tragedies | Mysterious Facts on Instagram: "On 14–15 August 1995, at the historic Vellore Fort in Tamil Nadu — a massive 16th-century stone stronghold surrounded by a wide water-filled moat — 43 detainees suspected of being members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) executed one of India’s most audacious prison breaks. Inside the fort’s Tippu Mahal detention area, they spent months covertly digging a roughly 153-foot-long tunnel beneath the ground and fort walls using im