Tiger Prisoner Describes End Of The War -- BBCA former prisoner of war of the Tamil Tigers who managed to escape days before their final defeat has denied reports that he was used to carry a surrender message from the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam (LTTE) leadership.
Chaminda Kumara Hewage of the Sri Lankan navy was captured by the LTTE with six others in November 2006.
The group managed to escape with fleeing civilians and Tamil Tigers early in the morning of 17 May.
"Many Tamil Tigers had already surrendered and the unit guarding us also decided to give themselves up so we made use of the opportunity to flee," he told the BBC's Sinhala Service.
Chaminda Kumara says he saw pistols and other weapons being thrown away by the fleeing LTTE members.
"There were pistols, LTTE tags, belts and cyanide capsules thrown away in LTTE camps and all along the road" he says.
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My Comment: It must have been pure hell in the last few days of the war.
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