Schools across the Northern province flew the Northern Provincial Council flag at half mast today marking Tamil Genocide Day.
Earlier this week the NPC education minister has sent a circular to all schools requesting them to hold a moment's silence at 11am in memory of the tens of thousands who were killed by Sri Lankan state forces at the end of the armed conflict.
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