A tense situation prevailed in Wellawatta yesterday 18-05-2025 morning when a commemoration to mark the deaths of the Tamil civilians during the last phase of the war themed as the ‘Mullivaikkal Commemoration’ was disturbed by a group of people.
A group of civil society activists named ‘May 18 Committee’ led by Aragalaya members conducted its third Mullivaikkal Commemoration on the beach along the Marine Drive in Wellawatta today.
The activists were seen engaged in peaceful vigil lighting candles, oil lamps and releasing flowers to the sea in remembrance of the deceased in the war.
However, the situation turned into a tense atmosphere when a gang of persons crashed into the area shouting slogans against the commemorators as terrorist supporters and LTTE sympathisers.
The police intervened and brought the situation under control where the peaceful commemorators left the area after the completion of their programme.
Civil society activists including Swasthika Arulingam, Tharindu Uduwaragedara, Rajkumar Rajivkanth, Siritunga Jayasuriya, Attorney Nuwan Bopage and former ITAK Parliamentarian M.A. Sumanthiran were present at the event.