Tamil genocide remembered at Navali church
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The bombing of displaced Tamils inside Navaly's St Peter's Church on July 9th, 1995 was marked on Saturday as part of Mullivaikkal Remembrance week, which remembers the genocide of the Tamil people in Sri Lanka over several decades.
At least 120 Tamil civilians were massacred in the Navali church attack.
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The Northern Provincial Councillor, M K Shivajilingham lit a flame of remembrance at the church.
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Launching the remembrance week on Thursday, Mr Shivajilingham began proceedings in Chemmani, where the mass graves of Tamils are situated.



