One person was arrested following a tense situation reported in Wellawatte, at an event to commemorate 15 years of the Mullivaikkal offensive.

A group of people representing various civil society groups and activists gathered at the Wellawatte beach this morning to commemorate the loss of lives at Mullivaikkal, Mullaitivu, where thousands of civilians died during the final stages of the war.

A tense situation emerged when another group of protestors turned up at the event, to celebrate the victory of the Sri Lankan forces. One protestor was apprehended by Police. (Newswire)

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Sri Lanka Police officials have been caught on video behaving in an inhumane manner while arresting three women who had served porridge in memory of the Tamil people who were killed during the last phase of Sri Lanka’s war in Mullivaikal in 2009. 

According to Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka, a partner of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), three women from Sampur in Trincomalee were arrested by the Police on Sunday night (May 12). 

Video footage shows the Police forcibly dragging the women after claiming that a court order had been issued preventing the holding of any commemoration event in view of the Mullivaikal deaths.

It is also reported that a man who had also been part of the porridge distribution event had been arrested along with the three women. (Newswire)

At least 3 #Tamil women were arrested & violently dragged away from their homes in #Sampoor by #SriLanka police in the eastern city of #Trincomalee, on Sunday(12) night, for offering porridge to public in memory of tens of thousands of Tamils massacred in #Mullivaikkal, in 2009. pic.twitter.com/DjagTyHWLR

— JDS (@JDSLanka) May 12, 2024

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