How do you know when you’ve finally stumbled across the jungle mansion of V. Prabhakaran, leader of the Tamil Tigers? Peek in his closet:
The suspicion that Prabhakaran was frequenting the place was further confirmed by the fact that the troops came across an expensive Marks & Spencer shirt of 42 1/2 cm size, which is also said to be the shirt size of the Tiger leader.
Additional photos of the rough estate here. And on a more serious note, here’s a moving plea for reconciliation between Sri Lanka’s Sinhalese majority and Tamil minority. Hooray for the redemptive power of cricket.
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