Tamil Tigers supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran and his top aides were recently missed by a whisker by the security forces, a top Sri Lankan commander said, claiming that the rebel leader had limited options either to give up or commit suicide.
"We got to know that Prabhakaran had moved through the Pudukudiryirippu-Iranmalai road between March 29-31 -- two days before the army laid siege to the area," GoC 58 Division Brig Shavendra Silva said.
"Yes I regret we missed him by a whisker or else things could have been over faster," he said, adding Prabhakaran cannot escape through the road.
Image: A soldier walks with his weapons near the town of Putumatalan.
Photograph: David Gray/Reuters
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