In an exclusive Channel 4 interview, Selvarajah Pathmanathan said that the LTTE Tamil Tigers’ leader Velupillai Prabhakaran is in the besieged zone with 2,000 Tamil fighters.

He also said –

* he had spoken by phone to Prabakharan for four hours, and the orders to lay down arms came from him
* this is not a surrender – the Tigers are laying down arms to protect 25,000 injured Tamils in the area
* 3,000 civilians have been killed in the area in the last 24 hours
* the doctors who were speaking to the outside world have escaped, but one is injured and another has been arrested and is in a Sri Lankan military camp

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Tamil Tigers ready to lay down arms

by TRNN, The Real News Network
May 18, 2009

<h1>Tamil Tigers ready to lay down arms</h1> <p class="byline">by TRNN, The Real News Network <br />May 18, 2009</p> <p>In an exclusive Channel 4 interview, Selvarajah Pathmanathan said that the LTTE Tamil Tigers’ leader Velupillai Prabhakaran is in the besieged zone with 2,000 Tamil fighters.</p> <p>He also said –</p> <p> * he had spoken by phone to Prabakharan for four hours, and the orders to lay down arms came from him<br /> * this is not a surrender – the Tigers are laying down arms to protect 25,000 injured Tamils in the area<br /> * 3,000 civilians have been killed in the area in the last 24 hours<br /> * the doctors who were speaking to the outside world have escaped, but one is injured and another has been arrested and is in a Sri Lankan military camp</p> <p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://therealnews.com/ch4ltteinterview">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://therealnews.com">The Real News Network</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://i0.wp.com/therealnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cropped-TRNN-2021-logomark-square.png?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://therealnews.com/?republication-pixel=true&post=158145&amp;ga4=G-7LYS8R7V51" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p> Copy to Clipboard

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