Pictured: Commemoration at Vakarai, Batticaloa
Tamils across the North-East marked Karumpuli Naal today, commemorating the men and women of the LTTE’s Black Tigers.
Commemoration at Nelliady, Jaffna
Commemorations took place outside Nelliady Maha Vidyalayam, the site of the first ever Black Tiger offensive by Captain Miller in 1987, as well as in Batticaloa and Jaffna University.
Maaveerar monument at University of Jaffna
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