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HARTAL IN TRINCOMALEE TO DEMAND LTTE STOP ITS ATROCITIES
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People of Trincomalee were getting together at varied places including the SLMM office to demand the intervention of Nordic monitors to stop the atrocities of the LTTE against civilians.
photo Courtesy :Sri Lanka Army
By Walter Jayawardhana reporting from Los Angeles

July 15.05.10 AM:Reports from Trincomalee said that public and private transport services remained crippled and all shops were kept closed when more than five thousand Tamils , Sinhalese and Muslims staged a hartal demanding the intervention of the Norway backed Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission to stop the LTTE atrocities against unarmed civilians .

The protestors said either the Norwegians should be neutral and perform their duties or get out of the country if they were unable to do so.

Security reports said the transport services and shops were closed early in the morning of July 15 in expectation of the 2 p.m. scheduled Hartal.

The participants of the hartal assembled near the Trincomalee Clock Tower and around the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) office.

The protest has been organized by the People’s Organization of the East.

(15/07/03 go2lanka.com)