Vehicles of demonstrators in Vali north attacked
14 November 2013
14 November 2013
The hunger strike at Valikaamam North, in protest of the on-going Sri Lankan military land grabs and enforced High Security Zones within the North-East, continued for the third consecutive day despite intimidation and threats, thursday.
Vehicle owners transporting demonstrators to the protest site were threatened and had nails thrown at their tires in attempts to prevent the hunger strike gaining mass support.
The chief minister of the Northern Province C.V Wigneswaran and several other council members were also present at the protest.
The leader of the Tamil National People’s Front organisation, Gajen Ponnambalam, whilst attending the event tweeted pictures of the sabotage attempts.
The Valikaamam protestors saw public death threats placed around the village earlier this week.
