The Sri Lankan army held a large ‘victory’ parade in Mullaitivu town, just days after thousands of Tamils gathered for genocide commemorations in nearby Mullivaikkal.
The parade took place to the contrasting backdrop of weeks of vigils and remembrance for the tens of thousands killed by the Sri Lankan military a decade ago as hospitals were shelled and surrendering Tamils executed. An emotional ceremony was held in Mullivaikkal, the site where thousands were killed, alongside similar commemorative events around the North-East and the world.
Locals said that parades were getting larger each year and that the scale of this year’s, ten years on, was unprecedented.
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