Tamil organisers of protests attacked

by admin
Jul 16, 2012

The homes of Tamil political figures who organised recent and upcoming protests were attacked with crude oil on Tuesday, reports TamilNet.

See here and here for photographs and video of TNPF leader, Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, speaking after the attacks.

The homes of the president of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress (ACTC), Rajappu Edward Anandarajah, the vice president of Tamil National Peoples' Front (TNPF), and Kandeepan Thangarajah of the TNPF, were attacked in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Situated in Nelliyadi, Vadamaraadchi, the house of Edward Anandarajah was reportedly attacked with stones and crude oil at 2am, whilst him and his family were at home. Similar attacks where carried out on the homes of the others.

The TNPF has instigated protests against land grab issues recently and plans to hold a protest against the murder of the political prisoner Nimalaroopan whilst in custody.

Edward Anandarajah said the protest, which was due to take place in Nelliyadi on Wednesday, would go ahead as planned.

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