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Mar 9, 2009 · Karuna Amman,a former top commander of the LTTE,was today sworn in as the non-Cabinet Minister for National Integration and Reconciliation by Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa,shortly after he joined the ruling SLFP along with 2,000 supporters.
Jan 28, 2008 · Karuna was born in Kiran , a village in the Batticaloa district in eastern Sri Lanka on November 1966. He joined the LTTE in 1983 and became a top commander in the district he represented. He was once even a bodyguard to LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran. In 2003 he was elevated to the rank of special commander for the eastern Batticoloa ...
Captain Angayarkanni. Pushpakala Thuraisingham (10 May 1973 – 10 August 1994; commonly known by the nom de guerre Captain Angayarkanni) was a Sri Lankan Tamil rebel and member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a separatist Tamil militant organisation in Sri Lanka. She was the LTTE's first female Black Tiger (suicide bomber).
Second Battle of Elephant Pass. / 9.517°N 80.400°E / 9.517; 80.400. The Second Battle of Elephant Pass [3] (code-named Operation Unceasing Waves III (ஓயாத அலைகள் மூன்று) [4] by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ), was fought in April 2000 for the control of the Sri Lankan military base in Elephant ...
The UN Human Rights Council has called for an investigation on former LTTE deputy leader Karuna Amman over the “wholesale recruitment” of child soldiers for the Tamil separatist group.
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( LTTE) is an organization. They fought the Sri Lankan Civil War against the Government of Sri Lanka for an independent Tamil state in Sri Lanka called Tamil Eelam. LTTE are also known as the Tamil Tigers. The group was started in 1972 by Velupillai Prabhakaran who was ...
Dec 4, 2016 · Today Karuna Amman is behind bars. He was arrested last week for allegedly having in his possession a government owned bullet-proof vehicle. The former Deputy Minister has appealed against the arrest and his case will be heard tomorrow. While being investigated for the misuse of state resources, human rights organizations hope the authorities ...
