Episode 23: The Tamil Tigers
This episode tells about the notorious LTTE (Tamil Tigers), also known as Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam from Sri Lanka and why and how they managed to terrorize the country. This episode takes us to the Tamil Tigers and why they wanted to establish their own government.
The Tigers, at the height of their power, possessed a well-developed militia as well as an aerial wing and carried out many high profile attacks including the assassinations of several high-ranking Sri Lankan and Indian politicians like Sri Lankan President Ranasinghe Premadasa in 1993, and former list of Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991.
Read more about this topic: International Terrorism Since 1945
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