Tamil Tigress

In 1987, seventeen-year-old Niromi de Soyza shocked her middle-class Sri Lankan family by joining the Tamil Tigers. Equipped with a rifle and cyanide capsule she was one of the rebels' first female soldiers. Now married and living in suburban Sydney, this is her story of her time as a guerrilla.

In 1987, Niromi de Soyza, in varsta de saptesprezece ani, si-a socat familia din Sri Lanka, din clasa de mijloc, alaturandu-se Tigrilor Tamil. Echipata cu o pusca si o capsula cu cianura, a fost una dintre primele femei soldate ale rebelilor.