Jaffna University is experiencing a disproportionately high presence of security forces today as troops and police flocked to the campus to prevent any commemoration of Remembrance Day.
The forces extended their presence as far as the male's hostel as well as interrogating passers-by in the vicinity surrounding the campus.
There have also been reports of unidentified motorcyclists threatening students at gunpoint to refrain from commemorating the day.
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