COLOMBO (AFP) — The leader of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels, Velupillai Prabhakaran, was shot dead on Monday while trying to flee government troops, a senior defence official told AFP.
Prabhakaran was in a small convoy of a van and ambulance along with a few aides which tried to drive out of the battle zone, but was attacked and killed, the senior defence ministry official said on condition he not be named.
"He was killed with two others inside the vehicle. There will be a formal announcement later," the official said.
"When the troops opened fire, the van tried to get away, but it was also hit," said another high-level source from the military. "The vehicle caught fire."
Earlier on Monday, Prabhakaran's son, Charles Anthony, and several other senior leaders were shot dead by special forces commandos, defence officials said.
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