Residents of Kanchirankuda in Amparai district remembered the massacre of seven Tamil students, shot and killed by Sri Lankan special task force (STF) troops in 2002.
The TNA MP A. Chandranehru who was assassinated by the Sri Lankan government-backed Karuna group, along with several LTTE members including the-then head of the political wing in the East, E. Kousalyan, was also commemorated.
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