LTTE is weak - Karuna

The government forces are on the verge of defeating the Tamil Tigers, the former deputy commander of the LTTE said. In an exclusive interview with BBC Sandeshaya, Vinayamurthi Muralitharan known as Karuna Amman said the Tamil Tigers are ‘very weak’ in the face of continuous military offensive. Karuna Amman was deported from the UK, where he served a prison sentence for immigration offences, to Sri Lanka on Wednesday. It was his first media interview since arriving in Colombo on Thursday. He appealed to all communities, Sinhala, Muslim and Tamil, to help the government to defeat the LTTE which he described as a ‘brutal terrorist group’. More details to... [read full story]