Earlier today at least four schoolchildren and two others died after a makeshift ferry capsized in Trincomalee.
Enraged locals attacked the home of a local parliamentarian, furious at construction delays of a new bridge that is supposedly being built in the area which led to the makeshift ferry being used.
These photographs from Kanapathipillai Kumanan capture scenes of the aftermath in Trincomalee.
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