Original sentence: Velupillai Prabhakaran (; November 26, 1954 – May 19, 2009) was the founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (the LTTE or the Tamil Tigers), a terrorist organization that sought to create an independent Tamil state in the north and east of Sri Lanka
Edited sentence: Velupillai Prabhakaran (; November 26, 1954 – May 19, 2009) was the founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (the LTTE or the Tamil Tigers), a militant organization that sought to create an independent Tamil state in the north and east of Sri Lanka