The deaths sparked frenzied celebrations in Colombo and vast parts of the Sinhalese populated central and southern provinces as people poured out of their homes, waved national flags and distributed sweets. Puleedevan dealt extensively with the diplomatic community during the Norway-brokered ceasefire agreement between Colombo and the LTTE from 2002 until it collapsed under renewed violence within a few years. Puleedevan, head of the Peace Secretariat Ramesh, a military leader Ilango, chief of the LTTE police and Kapil Amman from the LTTE intelligence wing. Other key LTTE leaders whose bodies were found Monday were Soosai, the LTTE's naval wing leader Balasingham Nadesan, who headed its political wing S. Also killed Monday with Prabhakaran was Shanmugalingam Shivashankar alias Pottu Amman, the dreaded chief of the intelligence wing that was responsible for all the high profile assassinations the Tigers carried out in its long and murderous history.
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