The home of a Maaveerar Naal organiser in Point Pedro was attacked overnight, with fittings vandalised. 

The attack, which locals believe was orchestrated by vandals associated with the Sri Lankan police, followed police attempts to disrupt Maaveerar Naal commemorations in Munai, Point Pedro yesterday, where locals had gathered to remember those who died fighting for the LTTE.

The 18-year old organiser was briefly held by police during the commemorations yesterday, before being released. 

Thousands of Tamils attended Maaveerar Naal commemorations at the Kanagapuram Thuyilum Illam earlier today, as part of remembrance events held across the North-East.

Maaveerar Naal commemorations took place in Amparai's Kanchikudiyaaru Thuyilum Illam, which locals had cleared in advance and recovered a small number of headstones that had been destroyed by the Sri Lankan military previously. 

Hundreds of Tamils in Trincomalee marked Maaveerar Naal at the thuyilum illam in Aalankulam, Sampur.

The cemetery had been decorated in the colours of Tamil Eelam as well as featuring the traditional welcome arch at the entrance.

Thousands of Tamils commemorated Maaveerar Naal in Batticaloa at a number of public and private events across the district. 

Tamils in Mannar gathered at thuyilum illams to commemorate fallen LTTE fighters on Maaveerar Naal.

Following from a morning tribute event at the University of Jaffna, students held a traditional evening service to mark Maaveerar Naal, featuring the lighting of the flame of sacrifice at 18.05.

As night fell in Jaffna, lamps were lit all over campus, decorating the Maaveerar monument in the courtyard which formed the centre of commemorations.

Thousands of Tamils gathered at thuyilum illams, memorials and public buildings across Jaffna district to commemorate Maaveerar Naal, paying tribute to the sacrifice of the Maaveerar - fallen Tamil fighters. 

Members of the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK), a constituent party of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), marked Maaveerar Naal in Jaffna on Tuesday, in remembrance of those who lost their lives in the Tamil struggle.

The Batticaloa campus of the Eastern University saw a Maaveerar Naal remembrance event for the LTTE, attended by Tamil and Muslim students.

The student union of the Swami Vipulananda Institute of Aesthetic Studies organised the event in Kallady, Batticaloa.