Tamil separatists are regrouping abroad: Sri Lanka President
Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena has warned that Tamil extremists were regrouping abroad to revive their demand to divide the country. "We have defeated terrorism of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam), but we have not been able to defeat their ideology," he added. Over 1 lakh civilians were killed in the civil war that lasted over 25 years.