The government of Sril Lanka announced via state media and SMS today (Monday, May 18, 2009) afternoon that the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Vellupillai Prabhakaran, is dead. 
Serikali ya Sri Lanka imetangaza kwa kupitia vyombo vya habari vya taifa pamoja na ujumbe wa simu za mkononi mchana leo (Jumatatu, 18 Mei, 2009) kwamba kiongozi wa Kundi linalotaka kujitenga la Wa-Tamil, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Vellupillai Prabhakaran, amefariki.