"Thiruvenkadam Velupillai Prabhakaran (About this sound listen (Tamil: \u0BB5\u0BC7\u0BB2\u0BC1\u0BAA\u0BCD\u0BAA\u0BBF\u0BB3\u0BCD\u0BB3\u0BC8 \u0BAA\u0BBF\u0BB0\u0BAA\u0BBE\u0B95\u0BB0\u0BA9\u0BCD; November 26, 1954 \u2013 May 18, 2009) was the founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (the LTTE or the Tamil Tigers), a militant organization that sought to create an independent Tamil state in the north and east of Sri Lanka."@en . "2009Z"^^ . . . "2009-05-19Z"^^ . "2009-05-18Z"^^ . . . "Velupillai Prabhakaran"@en . . "Prabhakaran, Velupillai"@en . "1954-11-26Z"^^ . "1954Z"^^ . . . "Sri Lankan rebel" .