Students at the University of Jaffna gathered outside its grounds this morning before embarking on a motorbike procession in memory of the tens of thousands of Tamils slaughtered by Sri Lankan state forces at the end of the armed conflict in 2009.
Dressed in black, dozens of students on motorbikes participated in the procession, travelling to Mullivaikkal.
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