Given A Snack And Then Taken Out And Shot: Horrifying Last Moments Of Helpless Boy, 12, Who Was 'Executed by Sri Lankan Army Because His Father Was A Tamil Tiger Leader' -- Daily Mail
* Balachandran Prabhakaran is seen with bullet wounds to the chest
* He was the son of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, who was also killed at the end of the Sri Lankan civil war
* Disturbing images feature in new documentary on the conflict
* Film's director said pictures prove boy was 'executed in cold blood'
Disturbing new images have emerged of the dead body of the 12-year-old son of a Tamil leader that researchers say could prove he was executed by Sri Lankan government forces.
The photographs of Balachandran Prabhakaran, son of Velupillai Prabhakaran, head of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, were taken in May 2009 at the end of the government's conflict with the rebels.
The first pictures appear to show the child in the custody of Sri Lankan forces and he is seen sitting on a bench wrapped in a blanket and eating some food.
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Update: Sri Lanka denies killing militant's son -- UPI
My Comment: This blogger covered the Sri Lankan civil war very closely .... especially the last year of the conflict. As wars go this one was horrific .... especially the last few weeks when tens of thousands of Tamils were cornered into a location where escape was impossible and the bloodshed was overwhelming. The goal of the Sri Lankan military was obvious, the extermination of the Tiger movement as a viable political and military entity .... and they were to use all means necessary to achieve it. And when it finally came to an end .... the need to exact revenge took precedent over reconciliation and compromise. As a result Balachandran Prabhakaran was murdered .... as well as many others .... not for who they were .... but for what they may become 10-20-30 years in the future.
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