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“Move to shift Prabakaran for treatment”

COLOMBO: The LTTE is attempting to ‘evacuate’ its leader, Velupillai Prabakaran to a foreign country for medical treatment following last month’s air raid by the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) at a location in Kilinochchi, the Government-run Daily News claimed on Friday.

Earlier this week the military claimed that Mr. Prabakaran was injured in the raid on his birthday (November 26). The LTTE has neither confirmed nor denied the claim.

“Intelligence reports indicate that the top Tiger has sustained injuries or fractures in his arm and a leg. Since the Tiger leader is already suffering from diabetes the situation has got worse and the LTTE is making attempts to evacuate him to a foreign country for further treatment”, the paper said.

It claimed that 116 of his bodyguards died and soon after the raid the LTTE completely sealed off the area.

“According to information available the LTTE removed rubble from the location to save the life of Prabakaran who had been trapped inside a destroyed bunker”, the paper said.

It claimed that the SLAF received reliable information about four to five locations where he was moving on his birthday.

“Along with the attack on the Voice of Tiger radio station they took targets North of Kilinochchi. The MiGs and Kfirs that went into action took a precise target north of Kilinochchi in Jayanthinagar around 5.25 p.m.

“They carried out the air raid using a sufficient number of bombs that can destroy the type of hard bunker where Tiger leader Prabakaran usually hides. The pilots who carried out the task observed that anti-aircraft guns at the location were activated once the target was hit precisely. That confirmed that the Tiger leader was definitely there… ,” the report said.

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