TV pictures show Tamil leader’s body
Updated on 19 May 2009
Sri Lankan television shows footage of what is reported to be the dead body of Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran.
Sri Lanka’s president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, has told parliament the country has been liberated after 26 years of civil war, despite Tamil denials that Prabhakaran was dead.
The army described the Tamil Tiger leader as a terrorist who had ruined Sri Lanka and died on the battlefield.
Some viewers may find images in the accompanying film distressing.
