The Tamil New Tigers (TNT) was a
militant
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Tamil organization founded by
Velupillai Prabhakaran on May 22, 1972.
The group was composed of a few close associates of Prabhakaran, who was 17 years old when he founded the group. They initially carried out several small scale attacks, including the bombing of a carnival at the Duraiappa Stadium in 1972, and several explosions during Prime Minister
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike ( si, සිරිමා රත්වත්තේ ඩයස් බණ්ඩාරනායක; ta, சிறிமா ரத்வத்தே டயஸ் பண்டாரநாயக்கே; 17 April 191 ...
's visit to
Jaffna in 1974. The group gained notoriety in 1975 when Prabhakaran and three other members assassinated
Alfred Duraiappah, the Mayor of Jaffna.
The group continued to carry out attacks and a string of bank robberies after the assassination, and the
Sri Lanka Police
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were issued orders to arrest all members of the group. Wanting to form a
guerrilla group, Prabhakaran created the
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on May 5, 1976, thereby disbanding the Tamil New Tigers.
See also
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Tamil militant groups
Sri Lankan Tamil militant groups rose to prominence in the 1970s to fight the state of Sri Lanka in order to create an independent Tamil Eelam in the north of Sri Lanka. They rose in response to the perception among minority Sri Lankan Tamils th ...
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Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
References
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Factions in the Sri Lankan Civil War
Sri Lankan rebels
Organizations established in 1972
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