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The Sri Lankan military’s 221 Brigade celebrated its anniversary last month by distributing lunch to Tamil civilians at an orphanage and elderly care centre in Trincomalee.
Soldiers from the Security Force Headquarters East (SFHQ-E) handed out meals and “essential sanitary items” on March 20, according to an official army website, which also said:
“Inmates were entertained by the Calypso Group of the 2 (V) GR”.
The Sri Lankan military has long been involved the civil activities in the Tamil North-East, including in schools where they have regularly distributed shoes, uniforms and other school items.
Tamil civilians have long protested the military presence and repeatedly demanded the army leave the North-East.