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RM2B019E4–Sri Lanka: LTTE Comander Velupillai Prabhakaran (26 November 1954 - 18 May 2009) posing with a machine gun somewhere in the Wanni, northern Sri Lanka, c. 1985. Velupillai Prabhakaran was the founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (the LTTE or the Tamil Tigers), a militant organization that sought to create an independent Tamil state in the north and east of Sri Lanka. For over 25 years, the LTTE waged a violent secessionist campaign in Sri Lanka that led to it being designated a terrorist organisation by 32 countries.
RMGBK7X6–A girl with a portrait of Tamil Tiger leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran, watching over Prarameswaran Subramaniam, 28, and Sivatharsan Sivakumaraval, 21, students from Mitcham in south London, who are on on hunger strike in London's Parliament Square where a protest by around 500 Tamil has entered its fifth day.
RM2B00WH4–Sri Lanka: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Velupillai Prabhakaran before a flaming urn at a ceremony with female LTTE troops, c. 2006. The Sri Lankan Civil War began on July 23, 1983, and quickly developed into an on-and-off insurgency against the Colombo government by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), commonly known as the Tamil Tigers, and other few rebel groups, which were fighting to create an independent Tamil state named Tamil Eelam in the north and the east of the island. After a 26-year military campaign, the Sri Lankan military defeated the LTTE in May 2009.
RM2KCTHPT–Posters with the image of Velupillai Prabhakaran (leader of the Tamil Tigers) seen for the upcoming Tamil Eelam Maaveerar Naal (Heroes Day) in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, on November 07, 2021. Heroes Day celebrates members of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) who were killed while fighting during the Sri Lanka civil war. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)
RM2B02634–The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, commonly known as the LTTE or the Tamil Tigers, is a separatist organization formerly based in northern Sri Lanka. Founded in May 1976 by Velupillai Prabhakaran, it waged a violent secessionist campaign that sought to create Tamil Eelam, an independent state in the north and east of Sri Lanka. This campaign evolved into the Sri Lankan Civil War, which was one of the longest running armed conflicts in Asia until the LTTE was defeated by the Sri Lankan Armed Forces in May 2009.
RM2KCG6HG–Hindu temple in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. This temple was known to have been frequented by Velupillai Prabhakaran, the deceased leader of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) fighters. The temple was damaged during bombing by the Sri Lankan army during the civil war and is now being rebuilt. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)
RM2B02637–The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, commonly known as the LTTE or the Tamil Tigers, is a separatist organization formerly based in northern Sri Lanka. Founded in May 1976 by Velupillai Prabhakaran, it waged a violent secessionist campaign that sought to create Tamil Eelam, an independent state in the north and east of Sri Lanka. This campaign evolved into the Sri Lankan Civil War, which was one of the longest running armed conflicts in Asia until the LTTE was defeated by the Sri Lankan Armed Forces in May 2009.
RM2KCW29M–Hindu temple in Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka. This temple was known to have been frequented by Velupillai Prabhakaran, the deceased leader of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) fighters. The temple was damaged during bombing by the Sri Lankan army during the civil war and is now being rebuilt. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)
RM2B02633–The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, commonly known as the LTTE or the Tamil Tigers, is a separatist organization formerly based in northern Sri Lanka. Founded in May 1976 by Velupillai Prabhakaran, it waged a violent secessionist campaign that sought to create Tamil Eelam, an independent state in the north and east of Sri Lanka. This campaign evolved into the Sri Lankan Civil War, which was one of the longest running armed conflicts in Asia until the LTTE was defeated by the Sri Lankan Armed Forces in May 2009.
RM2B00WGN–Sri Lanka: Armed Tamil Tiger (LTTE) troops in the back of a camouflaged pickup truck somewhere in the Wanni region, c. 2006. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, commonly known as the LTTE or the Tamil Tigers, was a separatist organisation formerly based in northern Sri Lanka. Founded in May 1976 by Velupillai Prabhakaran, it waged a violent secessionist campaign that sought to create Tamil Eelam, an independent state in the north and east of Sri Lanka. This campaign evolved into the Sri Lankan Civil War, which was one of the longest running armed conflicts in Asia until its end in 2008.
RMBBJC4F–Tamils demonstrate on the day the Sri Lankan government anounced it had defeated the Tamil Tigers and killed their leader
RM2B00WFW–Sri Lanka: Velupillai Prabhakaran and armed bodyguard at an LTTE camp in the Jaffna Peninsula, January 1986. Velupillai Prabhakaran ( November 26, 1954 – May 19, 2009 was the founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (the LTTE or the Tamil Tigers), a militant organization that sought to create an independent Tamil state in the north and east of Sri Lanka. For over 25 years, the LTTE waged a violent secessionist campaign in Sri Lanka that led to it being designated a terrorist organization by 32 countries. He was killed by government forces on May 18, 2009.
RMBB5219–people holding placards at a 'Stop state terrorism in Sri Lanka' political protest outside the Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen
RMBHD7WT–'March for Imprisoned Tamils' London 20 June 2009. Men with images of killed Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran
RM2TB543W–The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam LTTE fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam in the northeast of the island, due to the continuous discrimination and violent persecution against Sri Lankan Tamils by the Sinhalese-dominated Sri Lankan Government. Leader Velupillai Prabhakaran cited violent incidents of the 1958 anti-Tamil pogrom during his childhood that led him to militancy. In 1975, he assassinated the Mayor of Jaffna Alfred Duraiappah in revenge for the 1974 Tamil conference incident. The LTTE was founded in 1976 as a reaction to the Sri Lankan Constitution 1972
RMT9FDT6–London, UK. 18th May 2019. A man holds a large figure of Velupillai Prabhakaran (1954-2009) the founder and leader of the LTTE before the march by several thousand Tamils through London on Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day in memory of those killed by Sri Lanka’s genocidal war against the Tamils, which ended ten years ago. They call for a political solution which gives Tamils back control of their homeland of Tamil Eelam, and for an end to the ban on the Tamil Tigers. Public commemorations of the many thousands of war dead are forbidden in Sri Lanka. Peter Marshall/Alamy Live News
RMD83YW2–London, UK. 18th May 2013. . Pedestrians look at photographs of Tamils killed during the Sri Lankan civil war. Credit: Rob Pinney / Alamy Live News
RMC635B7–Ethnic Tamil schoolchildren crowd around a camera in Jaffna City, Sri Lanka. The LTTE has been fighting for a separate state.
RF2G68DEY–Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day is a remembrance day observed by Sri Lankan Tamil people to remember those who died in the final stages of the Sri Lankan
RM2KCW29G–Hindu temple in Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka. This temple was known to have been frequented by Velupillai Prabhakaran, the deceased leader of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) fighters. The temple was damaged during bombing by the Sri Lankan army during the civil war and is now being rebuilt. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)
RM2KCG6HF–Figures adorn a Hindu temple in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. This temple was known to have been frequented by Velupillai Prabhakaran, the deceased leader of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) fighters. The temple was damaged during bombing by the Sri Lankan army during the civil war and is now being rebuilt. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)
RMBBJC7N–Tamils demonstrate on the day the Sri Lankan government anounced it had defeated the Tamil Tigers and killed their leader
RM2B00TFM–Sri Lanka: Vellupillai Prabhakaran (1954-2009), founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, commonly known as the LTTE or the Tamil Tigers, is a separatist organization formerly based in northern Sri Lanka. Founded in May 1976 by Velupillai Prabhakaran, it waged a violent secessionist campaign that sought to create Tamil Eelam, an independent state in the north and east of Sri Lanka. This campaign evolved into the Sri Lankan Civil War, which was one of the longest running armed conflicts in Asia until the LTTE was defeated in 2009.
RMBB51TW–Man holding placard at a 'Stop state terrorism in Sri Lanka' political protest outside the Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen
RM2TB53W2–The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam LTTE fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam in the northeast of the island, due to the continuous discrimination and violent persecution against Sri Lankan Tamils by the Sinhalese-dominated Sri Lankan Government. Leader Velupillai Prabhakaran cited violent incidents of the 1958 anti-Tamil pogrom during his childhood that led him to militancy. In 1975, he assassinated the Mayor of Jaffna Alfred Duraiappah in revenge for the 1974 Tamil conference incident. The LTTE was founded in 1976 as a reaction to the Sri Lankan Constitution 1972
RMT9FDT0–London, UK. 18th May 2019. Several thousand Tamils, many with Tamil Eelam flags, march through London on Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day in memory of those killed by Sri Lanka’s genocidal war against the Tamils, which ended ten years ago. Many wore shirts with maps of Tami Eelam or pictures of LTTE founder Velupillai Prabhakaran. They call for a political solution which gives Tamils back control of their homeland of Tamil Eelam, and for an end to the ban on the Tamil Tigers. Public commemorations of the many thousands of war dead are forbidden in Sri Lanka. Peter Marshall/Alamy Live News
RMD83YTT–London, UK. 18th May 2013. . Thousands of Tamils march through central London to commemorate those killed during the final stages of the Sri Lankan civil war and to call on Prime Minister David Cameron to boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, to be held on Colombo in November 2013. Credit: Rob Pinney / Alamy Live News
RMC63588–Two Tamil young boys play on a drainage canal along the coast in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. The island has suffered over 30 years of war
RM2KCG6HH–Interior of a Hindu temple in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. This temple was known to have been frequented by Velupillai Prabhakaran, the deceased leader of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) fighters. The temple was damaged during bombing by the Sri Lankan army during the civil war and is now being rebuilt. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)
RM2B00TG8–Sri Lanka: Vellupillai Prabhakaran (1954-2009), founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, commonly known as the LTTE or the Tamil Tigers, is a separatist organization formerly based in northern Sri Lanka. Founded in May 1976 by Velupillai Prabhakaran, it waged a violent secessionist campaign that sought to create Tamil Eelam, an independent state in the north and east of Sri Lanka. This campaign evolved into the Sri Lankan Civil War, which was one of the longest running armed conflicts in Asia until the LTTE was defeated in 2009.
RM2TB51AW–The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam LTTE fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam in the northeast of the island, due to the continuous discrimination and violent persecution against Sri Lankan Tamils by the Sinhalese-dominated Sri Lankan Government. Leader Velupillai Prabhakaran cited violent incidents of the 1958 anti-Tamil pogrom during his childhood that led him to militancy. In 1975, he assassinated the Mayor of Jaffna Alfred Duraiappah in revenge for the 1974 Tamil conference incident. The LTTE was founded in 1976 as a reaction to the Sri Lankan Constitution 1972
RMD8402W–London, UK. 18th May 2013. Thousands of Tamils march through central London to commemorate those killed during the final stages of the Sri Lankan civil war and to call on Prime Minister David Cameron to boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, to be held on Colombo in November 2013. Credit: Rob Pinney / Alamy Live News
RM2KCG6HB–Interior of a Hindu temple in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. This temple was known to have been frequented by Velupillai Prabhakaran, the deceased leader of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) fighters. The temple was damaged during bombing by the Sri Lankan army during the civil war and is now being rebuilt. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)
RM2B00THG–Sri Lanka: Vellupillai Prabhakaran (1954-2009), founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, commonly known as the LTTE or the Tamil Tigers, is a separatist organization formerly based in northern Sri Lanka. Founded in May 1976 by Velupillai Prabhakaran, it waged a violent secessionist campaign that sought to create Tamil Eelam, an independent state in the north and east of Sri Lanka. This campaign evolved into the Sri Lankan Civil War, which was one of the longest running armed conflicts in Asia until the LTTE was defeated in 2009.
RM2TB52C4–The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam LTTE fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam in the northeast of the island, due to the continuous discrimination and violent persecution against Sri Lankan Tamils by the Sinhalese-dominated Sri Lankan Government. Leader Velupillai Prabhakaran cited violent incidents of the 1958 anti-Tamil pogrom during his childhood that led him to militancy. In 1975, he assassinated the Mayor of Jaffna Alfred Duraiappah in revenge for the 1974 Tamil conference incident. The LTTE was founded in 1976 as a reaction to the Sri Lankan Constitution 1972
RMD83YWR–London, UK. 18th May 2013. . Tamil protesters gather for speeches on Waterloo Place at the end of the march. The demonstration, held on the fourth anniversary of the Mullivaikkal incident, one of the bloodiest moments of the conflict, called on Prime Minister David Cameron to boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting due to be held in Colombo in November 2013. Credit: Rob Pinney / Alamy Live News
RMBHD7RE–'March for Imprisoned Tamils' London 20 June 2009. Men with placards showing Sri Lankan atrocities against Tamils
RM2KCG6HE–Reconstruction of a Hindu temple in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. This temple was known to have been frequented by Velupillai Prabhakaran, the deceased leader of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) fighters. The temple was damaged during bombing by the Sri Lankan army during the civil war and is now being rebuilt. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)
RM2KCW29K–Scaffolding seen on a Hindu temple in Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka. This temple was known to have been frequented by Velupillai Prabhakaran, the deceased leader of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) fighters. The temple was damaged during bombing by the Sri Lankan army during the civil war and is now being rebuilt. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)
RM2B00THT–Sri Lanka: Vellupillai Prabhakaran (1954-2009), founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, commonly known as the LTTE or the Tamil Tigers, is a separatist organization formerly based in northern Sri Lanka. Founded in May 1976 by Velupillai Prabhakaran, it waged a violent secessionist campaign that sought to create Tamil Eelam, an independent state in the north and east of Sri Lanka. This campaign evolved into the Sri Lankan Civil War, which was one of the longest running armed conflicts in Asia until the LTTE was defeated in 2009.
RM2TB50GN–The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam LTTE fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam in the northeast of the island, due to the continuous discrimination and violent persecution against Sri Lankan Tamils by the Sinhalese-dominated Sri Lankan Government. Leader Velupillai Prabhakaran cited violent incidents of the 1958 anti-Tamil pogrom during his childhood that led him to militancy. In 1975, he assassinated the Mayor of Jaffna Alfred Duraiappah in revenge for the 1974 Tamil conference incident. The LTTE was founded in 1976 as a reaction to the Sri Lankan Constitution 1972
RMD83YWA–London, UK. 18th May 2013. . Photographs of Tamils killed during the Sri Lankan civil war. Credit: Rob Pinney / Alamy Live News
RMBHD44A–'March for Imprisoned Tamils' London 20 June 2009. People with photographs of Tamils missing or killed by Sri Lankan army
RM2KCW2A0–Scaffolding seen on a Hindu temple in Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka. This temple was known to have been frequented by Velupillai Prabhakaran, the deceased leader of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) fighters. The temple was damaged during bombing by the Sri Lankan army during the civil war and is now being rebuilt. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)
RM2B00TEW–Sri Lanka: LTTE map showing the notional frontiers of 'Tamil Eelam'. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, commonly known as the LTTE or the Tamil Tigers, is a separatist organization formerly based in northern Sri Lanka. Founded in May 1976 by Velupillai Prabhakaran, it waged a violent secessionist campaign that sought to create Tamil Eelam, an independent state in the north and east of Sri Lanka. This campaign evolved into the Sri Lankan Civil War, which was one of the longest running armed conflicts in Asia until the LTTE was defeated by the Sri Lankan Armed Forces in May 2009.
RM2TB53FD–The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam LTTE fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam in the northeast of the island, due to the continuous discrimination and violent persecution against Sri Lankan Tamils by the Sinhalese-dominated Sri Lankan Government. Leader Velupillai Prabhakaran cited violent incidents of the 1958 anti-Tamil pogrom during his childhood that led him to militancy. In 1975, he assassinated the Mayor of Jaffna Alfred Duraiappah in revenge for the 1974 Tamil conference incident. The LTTE was founded in 1976 as a reaction to the Sri Lankan Constitution 1972
RMD83YWE–London, UK. 18th May 2013. . Tamil protesters call on Price Charles, who is set to go in place of the Queen, to boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, scheduled to be held in Colombo in November 2013. Credit: Rob Pinney / Alamy Live News
RMBHD49R–'March for Imprisoned Tamils' London 20 June 2009. Man with photographs of missing or killed Tamils
RM2KCW2A6–Figures of Hindu deities adorn a Hindu temple in Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka. This temple was known to have been frequented by Velupillai Prabhakaran, the deceased leader of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) fighters. The temple was damaged during bombing by the Sri Lankan army during the civil war and is now being rebuilt. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)
RM2B00TGP–Sri Lanka: Flag of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, commonly known as the LTTE or the Tamil Tigers, is a separatist organization formerly based in northern Sri Lanka. Founded in May 1976 by Velupillai Prabhakaran, it waged a violent secessionist campaign that sought to create Tamil Eelam, an independent state in the north and east of Sri Lanka. This campaign evolved into the Sri Lankan Civil War, which was one of the longest running armed conflicts in Asia until the LTTE was defeated by the Sri Lankan Armed Forces in May 2009.
RM2TB50MM–The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam LTTE fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam in the northeast of the island, due to the continuous discrimination and violent persecution against Sri Lankan Tamils by the Sinhalese-dominated Sri Lankan Government. Leader Velupillai Prabhakaran cited violent incidents of the 1958 anti-Tamil pogrom during his childhood that led him to militancy. In 1975, he assassinated the Mayor of Jaffna Alfred Duraiappah in revenge for the 1974 Tamil conference incident. The LTTE was founded in 1976 as a reaction to the Sri Lankan Constitution 1972
RMD83YXN–London, UK. 18th May 2013. . Thousands of Tamils march through central London to commemorate those killed during the final stages of the Sri Lankan civil war and to call on Prime Minister David Cameron to boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, to be held on Colombo in November 2013. Credit: Rob Pinney / Alamy Live News
RM2KCW29W–Figure of Lord Murugan adorns a Hindu temple in Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka. This temple was known to have been frequented by Velupillai Prabhakaran, the deceased leader of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) fighters. The temple was damaged during bombing by the Sri Lankan army during the civil war and is now being rebuilt. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)
RM2B00TFN–Sri Lanka: A female 'martyr' of the LTTE independence struggle. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, commonly known as the LTTE or the Tamil Tigers, is a separatist organization formerly based in northern Sri Lanka. Founded in May 1976 by Velupillai Prabhakaran, it waged a violent secessionist campaign that sought to create Tamil Eelam, an independent state in the north and east of Sri Lanka. This campaign evolved into the Sri Lankan Civil War, which was one of the longest running armed conflicts in Asia until the LTTE was defeated by the Sri Lankan Armed Forces in May 2009.
RM2TB51MC–The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam LTTE fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam in the northeast of the island, due to the continuous discrimination and violent persecution against Sri Lankan Tamils by the Sinhalese-dominated Sri Lankan Government. Leader Velupillai Prabhakaran cited violent incidents of the 1958 anti-Tamil pogrom during his childhood that led him to militancy. In 1975, he assassinated the Mayor of Jaffna Alfred Duraiappah in revenge for the 1974 Tamil conference incident. The LTTE was founded in 1976 as a reaction to the Sri Lankan Constitution 1972
RMD83YW6–London, UK. 18th May 2013. . Photographs of Tamils killed during the Sri Lankan civil war. Credit: Rob Pinney / Alamy Live News
RMBGHC2W–100,000+ Tamil march through London protests the killing of civilians and Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka. Photo of Tamil Tiger leader
RMT9FDT8–London, UK. 18th May 2019. The band line up in the march by several thousand Tamils through London on Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day in memory of those killed by Sri Lanka’s genocidal war against the Tamils, which ended ten years ago. They call for a political solution which gives Tamils back control of their homeland of Tamil Eelam, and for an end to the ban on the Tamil Tigers. Public commemorations of the many thousands of war dead are forbidden in Sri Lanka. Peter Marshall/Alamy Live News
RM2KCW29P–Figures of Hindu deities adorn a Hindu temple in Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka. This temple was known to have been frequented by Velupillai Prabhakaran, the deceased leader of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) fighters. The temple was damaged during bombing by the Sri Lankan army during the civil war and is now being rebuilt. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)
RM2B00WGA–Sri Lanka: Pottu Amman, commander of the LTTE or Tamil Tiger Black Tigers force and Tiger Organization Security Intelligence Service (TOSIS). Shanmugalingam Sivashankar, aka Pottu Amman, joined LTTE in 1981 along with Colonel Soosai, and became second in LTTE's military wing after leader Velupillai Prabhakaran. Pottu Amman was trained at a coastal camp in Vedaranyam in Tamil Nadu. He was responsible for training Black Tigers for suicide missions, most notably when former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was killed in 1989. He may have been killed by the Sri Lankan Army in May 1 2009.
RM2TB51EX–The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam LTTE fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam in the northeast of the island, due to the continuous discrimination and violent persecution against Sri Lankan Tamils by the Sinhalese-dominated Sri Lankan Government. Leader Velupillai Prabhakaran cited violent incidents of the 1958 anti-Tamil pogrom during his childhood that led him to militancy. In 1975, he assassinated the Mayor of Jaffna Alfred Duraiappah in revenge for the 1974 Tamil conference incident. The LTTE was founded in 1976 as a reaction to the Sri Lankan Constitution 1972
RMD83YTX–London, UK. 18th May 2013. . Thousands of Tamils march through central London to commemorate those killed during the final stages of the Sri Lankan civil war and to call on Prime Minister David Cameron to boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, to be held on Colombo in November 2013. Credit: Rob Pinney / Alamy Live News
RMT9FDTB–London, UK. 18th May 2019. Several thousand Tamils, many with Tamil Eelam flags, march through London on Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day in memory of those killed by Sri Lanka’s genocidal war against the Tamils, which ended ten years ago. They call for a political solution which gives Tamils back control of their homeland of Tamil Eelam, and for an end to the ban on the Tamil Tigers. Public commemorations of the many thousands of war dead are forbidden in Sri Lanka. Peter Marshall/Alamy Live News
RM2KCW29R–Scaffolding seen on a Hindu temple in Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka. This temple was known to have been frequented by Velupillai Prabhakaran, the deceased leader of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) fighters. The temple was damaged during bombing by the Sri Lankan army during the civil war and is now being rebuilt. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)
RM2KCG6HC–Tamil Hindu devotees offer prayers at a Hindu temple in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. This temple was known to have been frequented by Velupillai Prabhakaran, the deceased leader of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) fighters. The temple was damaged during bombing by the Sri Lankan army during the civil war and is now being rebuilt. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)
RM2TB510R–The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam LTTE fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam in the northeast of the island, due to the continuous discrimination and violent persecution against Sri Lankan Tamils by the Sinhalese-dominated Sri Lankan Government. Leader Velupillai Prabhakaran cited violent incidents of the 1958 anti-Tamil pogrom during his childhood that led him to militancy. In 1975, he assassinated the Mayor of Jaffna Alfred Duraiappah in revenge for the 1974 Tamil conference incident. The LTTE was founded in 1976 as a reaction to the Sri Lankan Constitution 1972
RMD83YWX–London, UK. 18th May 2013. . Lee Scott, Conservative MP for Ilford North, addresses Tamil protesters, assuring them he has written to Prime Minister David Cameron to ask that he reconsider his decision to take part in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting due to be held in Colombo in November 2013 Credit: Rob Pinney / Alamy Live News
RMT9FDT9–London, UK. 18th May 2019. The band prepare for the march by several thousand Tamils through London on Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day in memory of those killed by Sri Lanka’s genocidal war against the Tamils, which ended ten years ago. They call for a political solution which gives Tamils back control of their homeland of Tamil Eelam, and for an end to the ban on the Tamil Tigers. Public commemorations of the many thousands of war dead are forbidden in Sri Lanka. Peter Marshall/Alamy Live News
RM2KCG6HN–Idol of Lord Vinayagar (Lord Ganesh) at a Hindu temple in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. This temple was known to have been frequented by Velupillai Prabhakaran, the deceased leader of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) fighters. The temple was damaged during bombing by the Sri Lankan army during the civil war and is now being rebuilt. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)
RM2KCW29H–Figure of Lord Vinayagar (Lord Ganesh) adorns a Hindu temple in Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka. This temple was known to have been frequented by Velupillai Prabhakaran, the deceased leader of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) fighters. The temple was damaged during bombing by the Sri Lankan army during the civil war and is now being rebuilt. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)
RM2TB521J–The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam LTTE fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam in the northeast of the island, due to the continuous discrimination and violent persecution against Sri Lankan Tamils by the Sinhalese-dominated Sri Lankan Government. Leader Velupillai Prabhakaran cited violent incidents of the 1958 anti-Tamil pogrom during his childhood that led him to militancy. In 1975, he assassinated the Mayor of Jaffna Alfred Duraiappah in revenge for the 1974 Tamil conference incident. The LTTE was founded in 1976 as a reaction to the Sri Lankan Constitution 1972
RMD83YXY–London, UK. 18th May 2013. . Thousands of Tamils march through central London to commemorate those killed during the final stages of the Sri Lankan civil war and to call on Prime Minister David Cameron to boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, to be held on Colombo in November 2013. Credit: Rob Pinney / Alamy Live News
RMT9FDTG–London, UK. 18th May 2019. Several thousand Tamils, many with Tamil Eelam flags, march up Piccadilly on Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day in memory of those killed by Sri Lanka’s genocidal war against the Tamils, which ended ten years ago. They call for a political solution which gives Tamils back control of their homeland of Tamil Eelam, and for an end to the ban on the Tamil Tigers. Public commemorations of the many thousands of war dead are forbidden in Sri Lanka. Peter Marshall/Alamy Live News