Prabhakaran still here - surrendered LTTE suicide bombers tell Sunday Observer

By Shanika Sriyananda

The LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran still in Vanni will continue to hold the innocent civilians until the military captures him the two LTTE Black Tiger suicide cadres, who have surrendered to Army revealed. In an exclusive interview with the Sunday Observer they said that Prabhakaran's son Charles Anthony was commanding their forces with other prominent LTTE leaders like Banu and Lakshman.

The two Black Tigers in their twenties had surrendered to the troops of the 57 Division at Therumurukandy on Jan. 28, after they failed in their attempts to bomb the bund of the Iranamadu Tank which if succeeded could have caused immense disaster.

Anthony and Soosai had briefed them on the mission, for an underwater demolition on Jan 20, but they, who were fed up with the 'behaviour' of the LTTE and its leadership had decided to surrender.

"The LTTE is abducting lots of children who are in their teens. They want to sacrifice civilians as common fodder. Sons and daughters of the LTTE leaders are living luxury lives," they charged. The two former Tiger cadres said that the innocent youth are being brain-washed and sent on suicide missions. According to them, with the battle hotting up, Prabhakaran had sent his wife and the youngest son 10-year-old, Balachandran to a safer location.

Courtesy : Sunday Observer