Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) - a group supported by the Tamil National Retrieval troop that was based in Sri Lanka. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam established the National retrieval troop as a small militant group. According to Ravichandran, members of the Tamil National Retrieval Troops were instructed by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam to annihilate anyone who opposes their objective for a separate nation for the Tamils. The Tamil Tigers provided training and supplies for the Tamil National retrieval movement in Sri Lanka before sending them into India.