Traders in Puthukudiyiruppu marked May Day with a business strike in the wake of the Easter Sunday attacks.
The Mullaitivu town’s business community raised black flags and kept storefronts shut on May Day to protest the government’s failure to prevent the terror attacks which killed over 250 people in Batticaloa and Colombo on Easter Sunday.
“Instead of acting when they should have when they received warnings, the government is increasing security after all these people are already dead,” one trader said.
“Now they are just going to use this to target our innocent communities with more surveillance and security operations,” they said.
