Trincomalee tense!

[TamilNet, May 20, 2005 10:37 GMT] Tensions escalated in Trincomalee after one person was injured Friday  at 12.30pm following an explosion close to the vegetable near the site where  the controversial Buddha statue stands and at least three persons were  admitted to the Trincomalee general hospital with cut injuries Friday in  incidents that took place in the suburbs of the town, security sources in  Trincomalee said.

Tamil residents from Division 10 held sit in protest in front of SLMM   Trincomalee office, 20 May 2005.

Police said they have arrested a person related to the explosion near the  vegetable market.

Normal life in the Trincomalee town was disrupted for the fourth day Friday  as business establishments, schools, banks, government and provincial  council offices were closed down in response to the call for a general shut   down demanding the removal of a Buddha statue from a land close to the  bus stand and used for parking three wheelers, police said.

SLMM monitors, Mr.Soren  Wium-Andersen and Ms Ane  Rvaal.

Earlier Thursday around midnight two bombs were thrown at the building of  the Vivekananda Fisheries Society, which is located along Ehambaram Road in the main bazaar area of the east port town. The society building,  houses and boats in the vicinity were damaged, according to the society   sources.

A group of Tamil residents including large number of women of Division No  10 area where the Vivekananda Fisheries Society is located Friday held a  sit in protest in front of the Trincomalee office of Sri Lanka Monitoring  Mission (SLMM) demanding that SLMM to take steps to provide maximum  security to their area, sources said.  Later a three member-delegation of the group met with the SLMM monitors  and placed their grievances. SLMM monitors led by Mr.Soren    Wium-Andersen promised that they would take appropriate action on their   complaint. SLMM monitors there after visited the site where the explosion  took place, sources said.

Courtesy:Tamilnet.Com