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| Photographs Uthayan |
Sri Lankan police attacked Tamils in Pommaiveli, Jaffna who were demanding to be given their own lands back.
The protest began on Saturday morning, by Pommaiveli junction, with demonstrators blocking the streets and putting up tin sheds in the street.
Police officers soon arrived at the seen, and attempted to remove the tin sheds. As the demonstrators refused to move, police officers hit them and threw stones at them, reported the Uthayan newspaper. One elderly demonstrator was injured.
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According to the paper, members of the paramilitary group, EPDP, were also present, attempted to coax protesters into meeting with one of the paramilitary ministers.
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