LTTE Chief Prabhakaran Shot Dead - Sri Lanka Army‎

Tamil Tiger Supremo of Tamil Eelam Velupillai Prabhakaran has been shot dead by the Lankan troops, the Sri Lankan army has said. The LTTE chief Prabhakaran body has also been found by the Sri Lankan army, which has identified the body. This news first announced by Sri Lanka Government channel (today).

Prabhakaran and his top aides came out of their last hiding place in a small convoy of van and an ambulance and tried to drive out of the war zone, but were gunned down, he said. The army is withholding an official announcement till a DNA test of the bodies is conducted.

The Tamil Tiger chief was killed with two others, who are yet to be identified but believed to be his closest associates - LTTE intelligence chief Pottu Amman and Sea Tigers' chief Soosoi.

The deaths of the top LTTE leaders came a day after Tamil Tigers conceded defeat saying the decades-old battle has reached its "bitter end" and they have decided to "silence" their guns. The army said that its special forces had encircled Prabhakaran, Pottu Aman and Soosoi who were boxed into a 100m x 100m area.

Following the reports of Prabhakaran's death, the police bandobast has been stepped up in Chennai, Tamil Nadu State, India.