"Tamil Tigers denied the death of their leader.

Press konferentsiiBoris Volhonskiy29.04.2009Chem the battle between the Sri Lankan authorities and the separatists?
Tuesday, May 19, at the site of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam "TamilNet reported that the rebel leader, chief" Tamil Tiger "Velupillay Prabhakaran (Velupillai Prabhakaran) is alive.
The fact that Prabhakaran was shot while trying to escape from government troops, the Defense Ministry of Sri Lanka reported 18 May, 2009.
Meanwhile, at the separatists alleged that Prabhakaran Velupillay "alive and well and is in a safe place."
May 18, command of the Sri Lankan army also announced the elimination of four other leaders of the movement: Prabhakarana son, heads the political wing grouping, the director of its peace secretariat and the military leader of the Tamils.
On Monday, May 18, Defense Minister of Sri Lanka Gotabhaya Rajapakse (Gotabhaya Rajapakse) broadcast on national television reported his brother, President Mahinda Rajapakse that the military operation against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam has been successfully completed.
Tuesday, May 19, President Mahinda Rajapakse declared that "terrorism in Sri Lanka finally defeated," said AFP.
Separatist group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam was founded in 1976. Since 1983, the movement was in civil war for an independent Tamil state in northern Sri Lanka.
The large-scale government military operation against the "Tigers" began in January 2009. According to the UN, as a result of it killed at least 6.5 thousand civilians and another 200 thousand people became refugees. By mid-May 2009 a group of rebels pushed to a small area north-east of the country. May 16, 2009, it was announced that the Tamils "virtually defeated."