TNA's well-meaning folly
The TNA is undermining the Tamil nation's calls for an independent inquiry
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Photograph: A Sinhalese mob beats a Tamil passenger after pulling him out of his car. 1958. (Courtesy Victor Ivan)
On this day 67 years ago, Sinhala mobs began attacking, raping and murdering Tamils across the island. The violence was to become another in a series of deadly anti-Tamil pogroms.
Estimates range from between 300 and 1,500 Tamils murdered in the days of violence, which…