Northern Provincial Council remembers Mullivaikal massacre 5 years on

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The Northern Provincial Council held a Mullivaikal memorial event this morning, during the NPC's 9th meeting in Kaithadi, lighting candles in remembrance of the tens of thousands that were slaughtered in May 2009.

Photograph @Uthayarasashalin

Wearing black shawls around their necks several NPC members including Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran, Ananthy Sasitharan and M.K. Shivajilingham of the Tamil National Alliance, as well as NPC opposition leader, Thavarasa, took part in the remembrance event, the Uthayan reported.

Photograph Uthayan



Photographs @Uthayarasashalin

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