Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam_(LTTE)

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	militant
gptkbp:activeIn	gptkb:Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Tamil_Tigers
gptkbp:class	terrorist organization by Canada terrorist organization by United States terrorist organization by European Union terrorist organization by India terrorist organization by Australia
gptkbp:dissolved	2009
gptkbp:flag	features a tiger jumping through a ring of bullets
gptkbp:foundedBy	gptkb:Velupillai_Prabhakaran
gptkbp:foundedYear	1976
gptkbp:fundedBy	illegal activities diaspora donations
gptkbp:goal	creation of an independent Tamil state (Tamil Eelam)
gptkbp:hadMilitaryWing	gptkb:Air_Tigers gptkb:Sea_Tigers gptkb:Black_Tigers
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Kilinochchi,_Sri_Lanka
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
gptkbp:influencedBy	Sri Lankan Tamil grievances
gptkbp:inspiredBy	Tamil nationalism
gptkbp:involvedIn	gptkb:Sri_Lankan_Civil_War
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:Velupillai_Prabhakaran
gptkbp:notableBattle	assassination of Rajiv Gandhi assassination of Ranasinghe Premadasa
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Eelam_War_I gptkb:Eelam_War_II gptkb:Eelam_War_III gptkb:Eelam_War_IV gptkb:Mullivaikkal_massacre capture of Jaffna defeat in May 2009 fall of Kilinochchi
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Balasingham_Nadesan gptkb:Charles_Anthony gptkb:Pottu_Amman gptkb:S.P._Thamilselvan gptkb:Soosai gptkb:Theepan gptkb:Anton_Balasingham gptkb:Thamilchelvan
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Indian_Peace_Keeping_Force gptkb:Sri_Lankan_government
gptkbp:tactics	bomber guerrilla warfare conventional warfare
gptkbp:usedChildSoldiers	yes
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Nalini_Sriharan gptkb:Nalini
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8