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Trincomalee comes to a standstill condemning the killings

The bodies of the LTTE cadres were kept in the government-controlled area for the people pay their last respect and then taken to LTTE controlled area. Tamil people’s consortium has called for the total shut down to show people’s outrage.

Government offices, non-governmental organizations, banks, courts, and schools were all closed. Shops belonging to all three communities were kept shut. Sinhala fishermen have brought huge quantities of fish to the common market. But there were no customers to buy them.

Streets were void of people or vehicles. There was tension in the areas where all three communities live close to each other.

Anpuvalipuram, 6th Milepost, Kuunithivu, Periyakulam, and Sambaltivu were in very sombre mood. The LTTE cadres and civilians who were murdered are from this area. The areas where Sinhala community is predominant like Anuradhapura junction, Madco junction, town centre, and the out skirts of town, and Jamalia where the Muslim community is predominant were also shut down.

The areas where the Tamil community is predominant like, Muthur east and south, Kinniya, Thampalakamam, and the coastal Tamil villages were completely closed. Even shops selling essential items, fuel stations, and cinema theatres were closed. Outpatient clinics were not functioning in the hospitals. The protests were peaceful, although there were one or two violent incidents.

Police said that at 10.30 a.m. a grenade was thrown at a jeep going on the Thampalakaman road. Although the grenade fell near the jeep it did not go off. AT 11.35 a.m. a soldier who was on duty at the security post in the Anuradhapuram junction was shot at. Police said that the soldier was injured by this shooting.

In the afternoon in the Alasthoddam area tyres were set alight on the road and transport was blocked. Police were involved in clearing the read.

14 July 2005

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