Sri Lanka - LTTE Heroes's Department Lists 21,261 as Fallen Heroes

Killinochchi - The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in a latest release by their Heroes's department claimed that they have lost 21,261 carders in their quest for a separate state for the Tamils in the Island nation of Sri Lanka.

The 21,261 carders include 16,668 males and 4,593 females, Hero s department further said. The period sited for the numbers from November 27, 1982 to 30 June 2008. The Tamil Tigers lost their first carder Lt. Shankar on November 27, 1982. That s the day widely celebrated by the Tamils as Heroes` Day.

The Number includes 356 Black Tigers as well. Among them were 259 male black Tigers and 97 Female black Tigers. 102 of them died in land operations and 254 died on sea operations, the release said. The Tamil Tiger sea arm, the Sea Tigers considered being an effective conventional arm capable of crippling Sri Lanka’s sea operations.

279 auxiliary forces members, 47 Police personals who died on operational duties also included in the number. Another 490 civil society members who were killed by the government forces or the Para military forces for their commitment for the Tamil Cause also listed as Heroes, including 19 Mamanithar.

In 2008, the past six months the Tamil Tigers lost 1128 carders, we never hide our numbers. As its happen we announce our heroes name over our radio broadcast. Further on monthly basic we release our updated list of our fallen heroes, said a person belong to the Hero's department to TNS.