Weliweriya! People Speak Out »
By Raisa Wickrematunge- Sunday, August 11, 2013
The photograph of a grieving mother as she looks on her young son lying in a coffin has been imprinted in everyone’s memory- the terrible aftermath of what people are already calling ‘Black Thursday’ when the military opened fire on protesters in Weliweriya, killing at least three people. As the island watched the events unfold in horror, The Sunday Leader turned to civil society, lawyers and politicians from the area to hear what they had to say on the tragedy.
Nizam Kariyapper,-General Secretary, Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
We are all concerned about this incident. Why was the army called in, when there have been so many similar incidents? The army getting involved in such situations is not good.
