Sri Lanka govt has set a deadline of 24 hours for Prabhakarn to surrender. President Mahinda Rajapaksa handed out a last 24-hour deadline for Tiger supremo V Prabhakaran and his top aides to surrender.
In the mean time, the President went to the Air Force headquarters to watch the visuals of Tamil civilians making a breakout for freedom.
Elaborating on the ultimatum, a defence spokesman said that the ultimatum had begun at 1200 hrs local time.
Rajapaksa warned after this his forces would make an “all out” bid to wrest the last 20 sq kilometers area from the Tiger control on the northern coast.
As the breakout was unfolding two suicide bomb attacks suspected to be LTTE handiwork were reported in the no-fire zone in which 17 people were feared killed.
