Thugs for Aluthgama attack brought from Hambantota?

 Thursday, 19 June 2014 

There is evidence to indicate that the Rajapaksa regime had transported thugs from Hambantota to Aluthgama for the attacks on Muslims in Aluthgama and Darga Town that left at least four dead and thousands more helpless in their own lands.

Most media carried a picture of a person at the Bodu Bala Sena rally in Aluthgama, who was in the front and raised both his hands in worshipping pose.

MP Ajith P Perera, in his facebook page, questions as to whether this is the same person who had thrown stones at him and other UNP MPs during their observation tour of Hambantota a few weeks ago. (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152101674581389&set=a.63070726388.84819.598586388&type=1&theater)

Sinhalese and Muslims living in Darga Town have stressed to the BBC that none of the area residents were involved in the clashes in Aluthgama. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/sri_lanka/2014/06/140616_aluthgama_video_villagers.shtml)

According to the villagers, outsiders who had arrived in the night had acted violently.

Therefore, it is seriously doubtful as to whether the Rajapaksa regime pre-planned and brought thugs from Hambantota to Aluthgama with the intention of creating communal trouble following the BBS meeting.

UNP spokesman Mangala Samaraweera has publicly accused the government of provoking chauvinism in order to win the next presidential election, while political analysts point out that the Aluthgama clashes were created to show a new scaremonger in order to gain power again.