Even as Sri Lanka has time and again denied the allegations of human rights violations by its forces during the final stages of the operation against Tamil rebels, some shocking pictures have emerged which
contradict Colombo's stand on the controversial issue. Headlines Today accessed some pictures which seem to indicate that the 12-year-old son of former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) chief Prabhakaran was summarily executed by the Sri Lankan armed forces in custody.
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The photographs were taken a few hours apart using the same camera. Initial shots show the boy, Balachandran Prabhakaran, sitting in a bunker, alive and unharmed. Another picture taken a few hours later shows the boy's body lying on the ground with his chest pierced by bullets.
The images were taken in May 2009 towards the end of the Sri Lankan government's operation to crush the LTTE. The Lankan authorities had claimed that Prabhakaran's son was killed in cross-fire.
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