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Events were held in Neduntivu and Point Pedro on Sunday to remember the victims of Tamil genocide as part of the Mullivaikkal remembrance week in the North-East.
Recalling the slaughter of 48 Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan navy on board the 'Kumithini' ferry from Delft to Nainativu on May 15th, 1985.
The slaughter occurred at shortly after the progrom of Black July 1983 when the currently ruling UNP's J R Jayawardene was in power.
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Lighting candles of remembrance, the Northern Provincial councillor M K Shivajilingham, lay flowers in the memory of those who were massacred.
A remembrance event was also held in Theiventhira Munai in Point Pedro. The Northern Provincial Council member, Sukirthan led proceedings.
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