Marking the 39th anniversary of the anti-Tamil Black July pogrom, the Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF) held a candlelight vigil to remember the thousands of Tamils slain.
An estimated 3,000 Tamils were killed as Sinhala mobs, armed with electoral rolls, targeted Tamil homes and businesses for looting and ransacking.
Eyewitness reports described mobs chasing Tamils down the street with knives and setting them alight alive. Hundreds of women were raped. Tamil political prisoners locked up in Welikada jail, deep within the island's south, were also targeted as prison guards allowed Sinhala inmates to slaughter them.
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— Tamil National People's Front (@TnpfOrg) July 23, 2022
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