Hundreds of German Tamils attended an event in Stuttgart last week, to commemorate the 32nd anniversary of the death of Lt Col Thileepan, a political wing leader of the LTTE who fasted to death in 1987, appealing to the Indian government to honour pledges made to the Tamil people.
The event took place as Eelam Tamils in the North-East and around the world held memorials for Thileepan.
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