Families of the disappeared protesting at the Trincomalee Bus Station were attacked by masked men, today.
The demonstrators, whose protest coincided with international Human Rights Day, sustained several injuries, resulting in the organiser, Sundara Mahendran, being admitted to hospital.
Media reports outline that the masked attackers shouted slogans, such as
“Go and hold your protests in Jaffna. The east is ours.”
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