Thamilini dies of cancer

Former LTTE women's wing leader Subramaniam Sivakamy alias Thamilini aged 43 has died, while undergoing treatment for cancer at the Maharagama Cancer Hospital. She had been rehabilitated and released in 2013. Thamilini was arrested by the Sri Lankan military in an internment camp in Vavuniya after the conclusion of the armed conflict and detained under the rehabilitation programme, before being released in 2013.