Trincomalee
town under
18-hour curfew!
[TamilNet,
November 29, 2004 06:42 GMT] Sri Lanka Police clamped a curfew for eighteen-hours
in Trincomalee town and its suburbs from Monday noon till Tuesday morning
6 a.m. following sporadic violent incidents reported from various parts
of the town during the general shut down called by the Tamil Peoples Forum
of the Trincomalee district in protest to the killings and assault on Tamil
civilians in the Tamil districts of the northeast by members of the State
armed forces.Trincomalee town was completely paralysed Monday as public
servants, teachers, students and traders observed a general shut down following
the appeal by the Tamil Peoples Forum of the Trincomalee district against
killings and assaults on civilians in the Tamil districts of the northeast
province by members of the State armed forces during the Heroes Day week
celebrations which concluded last Saturday.
Government and provincial
council offices, state and private banks, local and international non-governmental
organizations, schools of all mediums, cinema halls, and private educational
centres were closed down. Traders of all the three communities closed down
their business establishments and eating-houses except in Sinhala areas.
State and private sector transport services also came to a standstill except
few places where Sinhalese live in majority.
Two violent incidents were
reported Monday morning- one from Tampalakamam where a passenger bus had
knocked down a Tamil youth. Police sources said this incident had taken
place when a group of persons blocked the road. The driver and conductor
of the bus were taken into custody, police said.
In the second incident
that took place at Andanakulam area about two km off Trincomalee town some
unidentified person had thrown a hand grenade on a bus which was on its
way to Trincomalee. Three, all from the major community were injured in
the incident. Injured were admitted in the Trincomalee general hospital,
police said.
[courtesy: Tamilnet.COM] |