Tamil Tiger leaders 'killed trying to surrender'

[oberliner]

Source: AFP

NEW DELHI (AFP) — Two top members of the Tamil Tigers may have been shot by their own side or executed by Sri Lankan troops while trying to surrender, according to conflicting accounts of the last days of the rebels.

Hours before the Sri Lankan defence ministry announced the entire rebel leadership had been killed and the decades-old war won, Tamil Tiger political chief B. Nadesan and Peace Secretariat head S. Pulideevan were trying to give themselves up.

On Sunday night, the pair called the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the island's former peace broker Norway, asking for the message to be passed to the Sri Lankan army, diplomats and aid officials said.

The Red Cross confirmed the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) officials had made contact in the closing hours of the war, after offering to "silence their guns."

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[InfiniteThoughts]

1. given their history ... too difficult to trust them..

Tigers have a history of suicide bombing .. so when they come up with white flags, how did they expect the army to relax? Tigers have made a huge deal about consuming cyanide rather than getting captured by the army. Tigers chief has killed his own militant members for trying to leave the organization. He is also famous for telling his men to kill him if he was seen wavering from his goals.

bottom line: The Tigers have cried WOLF many a times that there is little credibility in what they say ... i honestly believe SL Tamils have a better shot at justice without the Tigers now

[Buzz Clik]

2. The world is really going to miss those cold-blooded murderers.

[ohio2007]

3. Tamil Tiger top dog shot by his own loyal troops?

I saw the video of him being lifted up from the jungle ground. He was wide eyed with an expression of shock on his face.

[BoneDaddy]

4. oh well