An estimated 70,000 people were killed during theĬonflict between the LTTE and the Sri Lankan government. By May 2009, government forces had defeated the LTTEĪnd killed Prabhakaran. After a number ofįailed negotiations, the Sri Lankan government declared an all-out offensiveĪgainst the LTTE in 2006. Velupillai Prabhakaran founded the group in 1972 and by the lateġ980s was the dominant Tamil militant group in Sri Lanka. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),Ĭommonly known as the Tamil Tigers, were a separatist militant organizationįighting for an independent homeland for Sri Lanka’s Tamil minority in northern May 9, 2009: Attack on civilians in Mullaitivu, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. July 23, 1983: LTTE ambush an army patrol convoy outside Jaffna this is considered the first attack of the Sri Lankan civil war (13 dead). Mapping Militant Organizations Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam Formed
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