The office of the Tamil newspaper, Virakesari in Jaffna was attacked this morning, with bottles were thrown at the premises by unidentified persons.
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No one was injured during the attack.
The attack comes as the situation in the North-East remained tense following the killing of two Tamil university students by Sri Lankan police on October 20.
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