‘Prabhakaran’s son injured in clashes with Sri Lankan Army’

LTTE supremo V Prabhakaran’s son Charles Anthony has been injured in fierce clashes with the Sri Lankan security forces in the island’s embattled north, officials said on Wednesday.

24-year-old Charles, the eldest of the two sons and a daughter of the elusive LTTE chief, was injured in the fighting in the Tiger bastion of Pudhukkudiyiruppu, Defence Ministry officials said.

Charles, who was believed to have been commanding a contingent of rebel forces, was wounded on March 8, official sources said, as the Sri Lankan Army pushed deeper into the rebel-held territory to capture their remaining pockets.

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Lankans close in on Prabhakaran hideout in jungle

The Sri Lankan Army said on Sunday it was moving in on the jungle stronghold of the Tamil Tigers, in a final assault aimed at ending the longest running ethnic war in Asia.

Flush with confidence after retaking their main city two days ago, the Army vowed to capture LTTE chieftain Velupillai Prabhakaran as troops pushed deeper into northern territory long under the complete control of the guerrillas.

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse said in a New Year’s address that 2009 would be the year of “heroic victory” over the Tigers, who have been waging war since 1972 to establish an independent homeland for ethnic Tamils.

Troops captured Kilinochchi, the de facto capital of the rebel state within a state on Friday, and the general leading the assault said his forces were now advancing on Mullaittivu, their last major centre of control.

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