The operation to destroy "the Tamil Tigers is complete.

Morning of Monday, May 18, a military operation against the separatist group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ended in complete defeat of the militias. For the first time since 1983, government forces took control of the entire territory of Sri Lanka, reported Agence France-Presse. Previously reported to eliminate the rebel leader, head of the Tamil Tigers Velupillaya Prabhakarana.
The head of the militia, was killed while trying to hide from government troops in a car ambulance. " Together with the commander of Marine forces killed "tigers" and the chief of intelligence traffic. Earlier in the day reported the elimination of four more heads of the movement: Prabhakarana son, heads the political wing grouping, the director of its peace secretariat and the military leader of the Tamils.
Movement of the LTTE was founded in 1976 with the aim of founding an independent Tamil state in northern Sri Lanka. Since 1983, the LTTE is involved in the civil war, in some periods of the motion control to a third of the country. Many countries, including the United States, Canada, Britain and the European Union included the LTTE in the list of terrorist organizations.
The large-scale military operation by government troops against Tamil separatists began in January 2009. According to the UN in the area of fighting killed about seven thousand civilians, the number of refugees exceeded 200 thousand. The government of Sri Lanka has accused the militants of using civilians as human shields in battles with the army of the government.