03-08-2004, 05:55 PM
Tamil Tiger rebels offer amnesty to renegade rebel commander
Associated Press, Mon March 8, 2004 09:37 EST . - - KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka - (AP) Sri Lanka
Tamil Tiger rebel group offered an amnesty to its expelled renegade commander Monday and stressed he was alone in his battle to break away from the main guerrilla group.
``Our national leader Velupillai Prabhakaran has offered an amnesty to Karuna that will allow him to lead a private life,'' the rebel group's political wing chief, S.P. Thamilselvan, told The Associated Press in an interview.
He said the message had been conveyed to the renegade commander Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan, also known as Karuna, through a delegation led by a Roman Catholic bishop.
Muralitharan announced last Wednesday that he and 6,000 fighters were breaking away from Prabhakaran's Tamil Tigers. Two days later Prabhakaran announced that he had expelled Muralitharan from the group and his position as its eastern commander.
Muralitharan refused to relinquish power.
Associated Press, Mon March 8, 2004 09:37 EST . - - KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka - (AP) Sri Lanka
Tamil Tiger rebel group offered an amnesty to its expelled renegade commander Monday and stressed he was alone in his battle to break away from the main guerrilla group.
``Our national leader Velupillai Prabhakaran has offered an amnesty to Karuna that will allow him to lead a private life,'' the rebel group's political wing chief, S.P. Thamilselvan, told The Associated Press in an interview.
He said the message had been conveyed to the renegade commander Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan, also known as Karuna, through a delegation led by a Roman Catholic bishop.
Muralitharan announced last Wednesday that he and 6,000 fighters were breaking away from Prabhakaran's Tamil Tigers. Two days later Prabhakaran announced that he had expelled Muralitharan from the group and his position as its eastern commander.
Muralitharan refused to relinquish power.
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