When LTTE, rivals were involved in a shoot-out in Chennai’s Pondy Bazaar

Prabhakaran, and PLOTE leader Uma Maheswaran were locked in a gunfight in May 1982. This was the first time Prabhakaran’s identity came to be known to the world. Until then, Sri Lankan authorities were looking for him with a passport-size photo taken when he was 15

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