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Message: <blockquote data-quote="coolgayathra" data-source="post: 4695282" data-attributes="member: 163639">CNN IB walata kiwwe LTTE eke international katayuthu karana kp nohoth pathmanadan has admitted prabakaran is dead in BBC today.. hah dan mokakda danne na kiyanne praba is not dead kiyala kaagahapu LONON and europe koti<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/yes.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":yes:" title="Yes    :yes:" data-shortname=":yes:" /> Tamil Tigers admit leader is dead <img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45817000/jpg/_45817888_007353456-2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The Sri Lankan army released pictures it said were of the dead leaderSri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels have admitted for the first time that their leader Velupillai Prabhakaran is dead. A statement issued by the Tigers said their "incomparable leader" had "attained martyrdom" and declared a week of mourning. A spokesman for the group also told the BBC that it would now use non-violent methods to fight for Tamils rights. Sri Lanka's army last week released pictures it said showed Prabhakaran's body after its final offensive. The statement from the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) said he was killed "fighting the military oppression of the Sri Lankan government" last Sunday. The rebels had made a last stand in the north-east of the island after Sri Lankan troops cornered them in a coastal strip. The Tigers' defeat brought to an end their 26-year fight for a separate Tamil homeland. The statement was signed by the defeated group's head of international relations, Selvarasa Pathmanathan. It said that the LTTE had declared a week of mourning for their dead leader, starting on 25 May. The statement called on Tamils all over the world to "restrain from harmful acts to themselves or anyone else in this hour of extreme grief". 'Non-violent methods'In a telephone interview with the BBC, Mr Pathmanathan said Prabhakaran had died on 17 May but did not give details of the circumstances. Mr Pathmanathan said the Tigers would now use non-violent methods to fight for the rights of Tamils and "agreed to enter a democratic process to achieve the rights for self determination of our people". Most of the Tamil Tigers leadership is believed to have been killed in the fighting.</blockquote>

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