Exclusive: Tamil Tigers interview
By Channel 4 News
"Tigers' leader dead," says army
"Still Alive," says rebel spokesman.
Updated on 18 May 2009
By Nick Paton Walsh
The
Sri Lankan army announces that it has killed the Tamil Tigers' top commander,
despite denials from the rebel group. Nick Paton Walsh reports. It said it had
surrounded Velupillai Prabhakaran in a small patch of jungle in the north east
of the country, and claimed the Tigers have now been defeated after a 26-year
war. But a spokesman for the Tigers has told Channel 4 News that the rebels will
not surrender and that their commander is still alive. Meanwhile, the British
embassy in Sri Lanka has been the target of protesters who are complaining about
this country's criticism of their military campaign against the Tigers.
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