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Two Tamil youths were injured when a Sri Lankan Air Force vehicle crashed into their motorbike in Vavuniya. One of them is said to be seriously injured and is being treated at the Vavuniya hospital.
Bystanders in the vicinity said that the motorbike which was heading towards Vavuniya attempted to avoid an oncoming car but was hit by the air force vehicle.
Earlier this year, a 23-year-old Tamil woman was killed when the bicycle she was riding collided with a van belonging to the Sri Lankan army in Jaffna. The woman, identified as Sudhakaran Saruja, was returning from buying milk at her local shop in Puttur, Jaffna when the collision occurred.
In another incident, 41-year-old Selvanayakam Pradeepan, a resident of Koppay South. Sri Lankan police claim that Pradeepan failed to stop at a checkpoint in Jaffna. Officers further along the road were reportedly alerted, with one blocking Pradeepan’s path and kicking his motorbike.
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The Sri Lankan military has tens of thousands of troops stationed across the Tamil homeland with military vehicles frequently patrolling the streets of the North-East.
Checkpoints and roadblocks are embedded across Tamil Eelam, and fatal collisions involving military vehicles have occurred in the past.
Tamils have frequently complained of the dangers of the military occupation and demanded demilitarisation of the North-East.
