Balachandran Prabhakaran
Balachandran Prabhakaran (1 October 1996 – 19 May 2009) was the third child of Velupillai Prabhakaran, the founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam movement.
Balachandran Prabhakaran | |
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Born | 1 October 1996 |
Died | 19 May 2009 12) Nanthikadal lagoon, Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka | (aged
Relatives | Velupillai Prabhakaran (father) Mathivathani (mother) Charles Anthony (brother) Duvarga Prabhakaran (sister) |
He was killed during the final phase of the Sri Lankan Civil War in May 2009. The Sri Lankan military claims he was killed in cross fire during a battle. In 2013, leaked images showed Balachandran Prabhakaran, apparently in the custody of the Sri Lankan military. Subsequent images showed him dead, having been shot up to five times in the chest.[1][2]
According to Callum Macrae, director of the documentary No Fire Zone: “The new photographs are enormously important evidentially because they appear to rule out any suggestion that Balachandran was killed in cross-fire or during a battle. They show he was held, and even given a snack, before being taken and executed in cold blood.”[1]
The group Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka has stated that the images are proof the child was executed soon after being captured. [3]
References
- Buncombe, Andrew (18 February 2013). "Handed a snack, and then executed". London: Independent UK. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
- "Balachandran Prabhakaran: Sri Lanka army accused over death". BBC UK. 19 February 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-21509656