Tamils in the north and east observe a ‘hartal’: shops are closed and work stops in protest against the deaths of two Tamils who were killed during the police response to an earlier demonstration. During the demonstration, the Bogawantalawa police station had been stoned and the police had fired at them, killing the two protestors. Nearly 80,000 plantation workers had attended the funeral.
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