Batticaloa Municipal Council commemorates Mullivaikkal

by Thusiyan
May 17, 2020

The Batticaloa Municipal Council held a moment’s silence in tribute to those massacred at Mullivaikkal this week, as part of commemorations taking place around the world to mark Tamil Genocide Week.

Mayor Thiyagarasa Saravanapavan, Deputy Chief Minister K. Sathiyaseelan, members of the Municipal Council, Municipal Commissioner Kasithravel, and various other officials were present at the session on Thursday.

The event in Batticaloa comes as Sri Lankan security forces intimated Tamils at several other memorials taking place across the North-East this week.

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