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How did Prabhakaran die?

  • Natural causes

  • In a firefight

  • Bomb explosion

  • Plane crash

Answer

Prabhakaran, the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a separatist group fighting for an independent Tamil state in Sri Lanka, died in a battle against the Sri Lankan army in May 2009. The exact circumstances surrounding his death are disputed, but it is widely believed that he was killed in a firefight with the army near Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka.
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