Prabhakaran’s daughter also killed – says KP

Chennai 28 June, (Asiantribune.com):

 Tamil Tiger leader Prabkaran’s daughter Duvaraka has died along with him and his eldest son Charles Anthony in the final battle with the Sri Lankan forces, but the fate of his wife Mathivathani and second son Balachandran is not known, LTTE’s international relations chief Selvaraja Pathmanathan, also known as KP, has said.

 In an interview to Headlines Today, the English news channel of the India Today group, Mr Pathmanathan has also said LTTE’s intelligence chief Pottu Amman has also died in action along with other top leaders though the Sri Lankan Government could not find his body.

 He said: “My final contact was with Col Soosai ( head of the Sea Tigers) who was leading the defensive resistance of the LTTE against the Sri Lankan armed forces during the final hours. He described to me in detail what was happening on the ground then. The final moments were full of horrific and brutal attacks by the Sri Lankan armed forces. Thousands of our people were killed and injured. There were no medical personnel or facilities to take care of the injured. People were dying due to lack of medical attention. Col Soosai confirmed to me that our leader was engaging the Sri Lankan armed forces and sacrificed his life for our cause of Tamil Eelam nation”.

 Mr Pathmanathan said that till the last moment, he contacted various world leaders to bring about a ceasefire. But his efforts failed because the international community insisted on the LTTE laying down arms before they could take any meaningful steps to stop the war. “Our leadership held the view that any process of laying down arms should be linked to an acceptable political solution. Instead of laying down arms, we were seeking a ceasefire and a political negotiation for a political solution. Unfortunately, our position was not acceptable to the international community”.

He, however, ruled out taking part in any elections in Sri Lanka.”Fighting the cause through political means does not necessarily mean participating in the elections”, he said, adding that  the LTTE would not take part in any election until a political settlement was reached on the basis of the principles it had enunciated.