V. Balakumaran was once one of the two top leaders of the

Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students The Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students (EROS), also known as the Eelam Revolutionary Organisers, is a former Tamil militant group in Sri Lanka. Most of the EROS membership was absorbed into the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in ...

(EROS) in Sri Lanka. In 1990, he and large percentage of EROS members left the organization and joined the

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE; ta, தமிழீழ விடுதலைப் புலிகள், translit=Tamiḻīḻa viṭutalaip pulikaḷ, si, දෙමළ ඊළාම් විමුක්ති කොටි, t ...

(LTTE). Balakumaran is believed to be active in LTTE's political division.

Background

A Tamil Tigers senior leader, Balakumaran is reported to have been seriously wounded in an assault by soldiers who had pinned the

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rebels down in a small patch of jungle in northeastern Sri Lanka. O
January 29, 2009
it was reported that Balakumaran had been critically wounded.

References

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