
SLA attacks young men after stripping them naked
SLA stripped young men naked and attacked them and then took them naked along the streets. The incident took place in Nallur in Jaffna two days ago.
Some young men in Nalur in Jaffna near Saddanathar area got together and put in place a schedule to watch the area in order to control the increasing number of thefts in the area. Two days ago some young men in this group were out watching the area at night. Noticing some movement in the Kalviyankadu junction in the area the young men went towards the junction. Armed SLA men who were there tried to arrest the young men. The young men protested saying that they were only watching for thieves out at night and told the SLA persons to call the Grama Sevakar of the area to confirm it. SLA persons refused to listen to the young men’s protest and ordered the young men to shout “Thieves thieves”. When the young men did so, more people came to the spot. SLA stripped all of them naked and attacked them and then took them naked along the road to the police station. They were all released the next morning.
12 March 2006
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