05-24-2009, 03:49 AM
<b>Prabhakaran crematedâ</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The LTTE chief was cremated in Mullativu. Everything that was found on him including his Eelam identity card, a sophisticated micro pistol, the pistol case and a belt were burnt with the body.
<b>âWe want him to be totally out of the scene. We did not want anything that people could use to remember him. He should not be remembered as a martyr,ââ</b> military spokesperson, Brigadier Udaya Nayayakkara told Hindustan Times. No DNA test was conducted, Nanayakkara said.
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It is learnt that the Lankan government was also contacted and the message from LTTE was conveyed. A Norwegian minister Eric Solheim had also been involved in attempting to engineer surrender.
But Foreign secretary, Palitha Kohona, had said: âNorway is no longer the facilitator. The LTTE wanted to surrender their arms a little too late.ââ
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<b>âWe want him to be totally out of the scene. We did not want anything that people could use to remember him. He should not be remembered as a martyr,ââ</b> military spokesperson, Brigadier Udaya Nayayakkara told Hindustan Times. No DNA test was conducted, Nanayakkara said.
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It is learnt that the Lankan government was also contacted and the message from LTTE was conveyed. A Norwegian minister Eric Solheim had also been involved in attempting to engineer surrender.
But Foreign secretary, Palitha Kohona, had said: âNorway is no longer the facilitator. The LTTE wanted to surrender their arms a little too late.ââ
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