A terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students; currently seeks to establish an independent Tamil state called Eelam; relies on guerilla strategy including terrorist tactics that target key government and military personnel:
— The Tamil Tigers perfected suicide bombing as a weapon of war.

synonyms: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, LTTE, Tigers, World Tamil Association, World Tamil Movement.

Dutch: LTTE, Tamil tijgers