Headstones at Vaharai Thuyilum Illam have been demolished and Tamil activists have been harrassed as Sri Lanka intensifies its crackdown on Maaveerar Naal in the Eastern province.
Four Sri Lankan police officers collected the personal details of Tamils at Uduthurai Thuyilum Illam this morning as they were making preparations ahead of Maaveerar Naal. Each year on Maaveerar Naal, Tamils gather at Thuyilum Illams across the North-East to remember the tens of thousands of LTTE cadres that gave their lives to the liberation struggle.
Fallen Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres were remembered at Uduthurai Thuyilum Illam on Monday as the Tamil nation marks Maaveerar remembrance week. The tombstones of fallen LTTE cadres, which were destroyed by the Sri Lankan army, were placed together to form a large monument in memory of those who sacrificed their lives in the Tamil struggle for liberation.