Tamil protesters decried the reported victory, casting doubt on the reported death of the rebel leaders, and call for an end to the killing.
EU diplomats say the European Union will endorse a call for an independent war crimes investigation into the killing of civilians in Sri Lanka.
Thousands of civilians were reportedly killed in the recent fighting. The UN says seven-thousand civilians were killed in the fighting between January 20th and May 7th.
(CCTV May 19, 2009)
