The Tamil National People's Front (TNPF) commemorated senior Tamil politician Joseph Pararajasingham who was assassinated by armed Sri Lankan government-aligned paramilitary men in 2005.
Party members lit a lamp and garlanded a photograph of Mr Pararajasingham at their party office. Mr Pararajasingham, a Tamil National Alliance MP for the Batticaloa district, was shot and killed by two gunmen whilst he was attending Christmas midnight prayers at the St Mary's church in Batticaloa town on Christmas Eve. His wife, Sugunam Pararajasingham and seven others were seriously wounded in the gunfire.
Read more here: 19 years on, no justice for assassinated Tamil MP.