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