Sinhalese in a Colombo suburb burnt a Tamil Eelam flag this weekend, as they celebrated Sri Lanka’s military offensive 9 years ago which resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of Tamils.
The burning took place in Kiribathgoda, a suburb of Colombo, this weekend.
Sri Lanka’s president had initially tweeted a message expressing his “deep gratitude” to Sri Lankan soldiers on “Victory Day”, before removing it and posting without the hashtag.
Whilst Sri Lankans celebrated, Tamils in the North-East and around the world held sombre events to mark the day, commemorated as the largest massacre of the Tamil people by Sri Lankan state forces across the decades of genocide.
