Sri Lankan troops break up Tamil memorial for war dead
The Hindu
They assault journalists covering a ceremony in Mullaittivu
Armed troops broke up Tamil memorials for Sri Lanka’s civil war dead and beat up journalists covering a ceremony in a former battle zone, residents and media organisations said on Monday.
Grieving relatives were forced out of cemeteries on the weekend as they attempted to light lamps at graves of loved ones who died in the island’s decades-long conflict, which ended in 2009.
The Federation of Media Employees’ Trade Unions said Tamil journalists covering a memorial in Mullaittivu, a northeastern fishing town where the war’s final battle was fought, were assaulted by troops.
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