Separatist groups legitimized suicide bombing as the only path to liberation.

Evidence

A suicide bomber wears a specially designed body vest packed with explosives and shrapnel that produce widespread carnage when the bomb is detonated in a crowded area. The Tamil Tigers, a Sri Lankan separatist group, exploited this technique. Known for their ruthless tactics in their drive to carve out a Tamil homeland, for decades Tamil insurgent militants controlled substantial territory in northern and eastern Sri Lanka until they were routed by the Sri Lankan army. Their suicide bombers assassinated Rajiv Gandhi, the former Indian prime minister, and the Sri Lankan president. They justified the moral legitimacy of their guerilla warfare as the only means of freeing themselves from the oppressive rule of the Sinhalese majority. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2222

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 2222