Does army victory mean peace for Sri Lanka?

The Tamil Tiger torrorist leader Velupillai Prabhakaran has been killed, Is the war now over in Sri Lanka?

The announcement on state television came shortly after the military said it had surrounded Prabhakaran in a tiny patch of jungle.There have been street celebrations in the capital, Colombo.

Prabhakaran led  in a bloody civil war for 26 years fighting for a separate state for Tamils in the north and east of Sri Lanka. 

More than 70,000 people have been killed in the conflict and thousands displaced. There is still widespread international concern about civilians who may have been caught up in the fighting. 

Are you in Sri Lanka?

What is your reaction to the news? 

Have you been taking part in the celebrations? 

What does the Sri Lankan government need to do to ensure lasting peace? 

Does this mean an end to the conflict in Sri Lanka?

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War has officially ended

His Excellency Mahinda Rajapaksa , President of Sri Lanka and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces has been officially informed about the successful task accomplishment by the country's top defence officials this evening (May 18).

Secretary Defence Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Donald Perera, Army Chief, Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka, Navy Chief, Vice Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda, Air Force Chief, Air Marshal Roshan Goonathilake, Inspector General of Police Jayantha Wickramarathne and Director General of Civil Defence Force Sarath Weerasekara officially reported to the president that the task entrusted on them to liberate the nation from clutches of terrorism has been successfully accomplished and the nation is free from terror. The reporting was made at a charm ceremony held at Temple Trees.

President Rajapaksa is scheduled to address the nation from the parliament on Tuesday (May 19) at 9.30 AM.

LTTE leader Prabhakaran death In different views

(LTTE) leader Velupillai Prabhakaran is no more among the living.

 

The leader of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels, Velupillai Prabhakaran, has been killed, the military says.

It said Prabhakaran - along with two of his top commanders - had died while trying to flee from the last rebel-held patch of jungle in the north-east.

The military said it had crushed the Tamil Tigers' 26-year insurgency, as people around the country celebrated.

No photos of Prabhakaran's body have been released. The army says it is working to identify it among the dead.

The claims cannot be verified as reporters are barred from the war zone. 

 

Another unconfirmed report says that valupillai prabhakaran has committed suicide along with more than 300 of his deputies and senior cadres in the Mullivaaikkaal area of Karaithuraipatru AGA division in Mullaitheevu district. This was reported on  May 16, 2009. Read more

 

 

However  the story goes valupillai prabhakaran is no more among the living.

 

Indian state of mind after hearing about the death