trusted closely enough to accompany him to that meeting. Death Sornalingam was killed by a claymore mine on 26 September 2001 at around 10:45 AM in the jungle near Vanni, while driving alone from Oddusuddan to Puthukkudiyiruppu. Sornalingam's killing was part of a series of attempts around the same time on the lives of LTTE leaders, including Gangai Amaran and S. P. Thamilselvan. An LTTE press release a few hours after his death attributed the attack to a special deep penetration unit of the Sri Lankan army, and claimed that the date of his killing had been chosen deliberately to coincide with the anniversary of the death of Thileepan, who had died 14 years earlier in a hunger strike protesting the policies of the Sri Lankan government and the Indian Peace Keeping Force. Government newspapers denied the LTTE's charges and instead attributed the attacks to an alleged internal power struggle in the LTTE. His funeral was held at the Great Heroes' Commemorative Hall in Mulliyawalai; he is survived by his elder brother, a doctor in the United Kingdom. The book ATM Interworking in Broadband Wireless Applications was also dedicated in his memory. References Further reading 1949 births 2001 deaths Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam members Sri Lankan Tamil rebels Sri Lankan rebels Sri Lankan Tamil politics Assassinated Sri Lankan people Alumni of Hartley College Alumni of Jaffna Hindu College