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Pulidevan was known to the head of 'LTTE peace secretariat' while Ramesh was one of the most senior special military leaders of the outfit, the defence ministry said. Nadesan, a former police constable of Sri Lanka police, was the political head of the outfit. Lankan special forces displayed the bodies of Nadesan, Pulidevan and Ramesh. The whole of Sri Lanka is now under the government. вЂњWe have cleared the whole country of the LTTE. Since 1983, the LTTE had been fighting for a separate nation state for the northern and eastern Tamils of Sri Lanka. PrabhakaranвЂ™s death early Monday marked the end of LTTE, at least militarily, in Sri Lanka. 'We have been fighting the LTTE non-stop from August 2006. We recovered three bodies,' Fonseka said. Soon afterward, we spotted the ambulance and attacked. 'We intercepted transmission from LTTE communication system that he (Prabhakaran) had got into an ambulance with two other leaders. While PrabhakaranвЂ™s body was yet to be displayed, the SLA published photos of AnthonyвЂ™s body. Anthony was given a very senior position after establishing a special non-fighting unit for him, the ministry added. The defence ministry said that Prabhakaran was compelled to recruit his son to the outfit to avoid criticism over his hypocrisy. The list of the LTTE leaders killed included intelligence chief Pottu Amman, Sea Tiger chief, Soosai, and PrabhakaranвЂ™s son, Charles Anthony.ДЄnthony was known to be the head of Information and Technology department of the LTTE. We are one, united country,' a triumphant army chief Lieutenant-General Sarath Fonseka, who led the military operations, told Hindustan Times.ДЄlong with Prabhakaran, the entire top leadership was also wiped out.ДЇile picture of LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran. 'The President of Sri Lanka has confirmed that armed resistance by the LTTE has come to an end and that LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran is dead,' an official spokesman said in New Delhi. President Mahinda Rajapaksa confirmed PrabhakaranвЂ™s death during a telephone conversation with External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee. The vehicle was burnt down and three or more charred bodies were recovered from it. Crackers were burst and the Lankan flag was unfurled from terraces, balconies and three-wheelers.ДЄttempting to move out of the war zone in a battered ambulance, Prabhakaran and two of his senior commanders came under a barrage of bullets from the government troops.

The death of Prabhakran, who had been fighting the Lankan military since 1983 for a separate nation state for Tamils in northern and eastern Sri Lanka, ended one of the bloodiest ethnic conflicts in the region.Д¬olombo burst out into spontaneous celebrations after news of PrabhakaranвЂ™s death spread.

Vellupillai Prabhakaran, the 54-year-old founder-chief of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and conspirator of former PM Rajiv GandhiвЂ™s assassination, was killed in battle with the Sri Lankan army on Monday.

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