20.5.2008
The
LTTE radio station ‘Voice of tiger’ stated
a few hours ago that LTTE overall military commander ‘Balraj’
has died due to a cardiac arrest at Killinochchi today.
‘Voice
of tiger’ further said that commander Balraj has
been given a posthumous promotion as Brigadier and the
LTTE has officially declared 3 days of mourning.
The
former LTTE commander Balraj died at about 2.30PM today
, he was under treatment at a LTTE hospital at the time.
Balraj
headed the well-known Elephant-pass attack as well as
the attack to Mullathiv Army camp. Balraj had been treated
at Singapore in 2002 for cardiac disease and had reportedly
co-ordinate relevant attacks away from the battlefields
.
However
The SL Army says that Balraj’s death is a heavy
loss for the LTTE.
LeN