Sri Lanka confirms the death of Tamil Tiger leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's army chief said Tamil Tiger leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran's body was found on Tuesday, and Sri Lankan TV stations aired video of what appeared to his corpse, with the top of its head blown off.
There was no independent confirmation available.
Private TV stations Derana and Swarnavahini showed soldiers surrounding what they said was Prabhakaran's body, with his trademark mustache and distinctive Tiger stripe camouflage fatigues.
The military said the body was found in a lagoon.
A blue cloth covered the top of the head, which appeared shorn off. The video showed a copy of a military ID tag written in Tamil, bearing the number "0:01," and what appeared to be an LTTE identity card with his photograph.

Following are the photographs of LTTE Chief Prabhakaran and his immediate family members. Sri Lanka's Ministry of Defence released these photographs, claiming that they were taken off from a family photo album of Prabhakaran. Meanwhile, a body believed to be of Charles Anthony, the son of Tamil Tiger chief Velupillai Prabhakaran, has been recovered by the army during clearing operations in northeastern Sri Lanka on Monday.Charles Anthony was known to be fighting alongside his father in the conflict. Clearing operations in the areas were continuing after the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam said Sunday that they were laying down their weapons after more than 25 years of fighting for an independent homeland for the minority Tamils.