The Telegraph prints an account from one of the early female Tamil Tigers fighting against the Sri Lankan government and the oppression of the Tamil people in the late 80's.
Life as a female Tamil Tiger:
In 1987, aged 17, Niromi de Soyza shocked her middle-class Sri Lankan family by joining the Tamil Tigers. One of the rebels' first female soldiers, equipped with rifle and cyanide capsule, she was engaged in fierce combat.
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