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Saturday, May 2, 2020
Sri Lankan police leave three Tamil women hospitalised in brutal assault
Sri Lankan police officers forced entry into a house in Jaffna and
viciously attacked family members with their guns and bats, leaving at
least three Tamil women hospitalised.
The three women were rushed to the Base Hospital in Manthikai, Jaffna
earlier today, with one of the women unconscious from the violent
assault. Children and elderly people living in the house were also
ruthlessly assaulted, with officers threatening to arrest people on
false drug possession charges.
01 May 2020
"The police officers came and attacked everyone," said one villager. "They attacked absolutely everyone."
"The police officers came and attacked everyone," said one villager. "They attacked absolutely everyone."
The officers visited the house, situated near the Maligaithidal Amman
Kovil in Vadamarachchi East, Kudathanai yesterday in an attempt to seize
a “Hunter” vehicle parked inside the house. They claimed that the
vehicle needed to be seized as there was a ‘complaint that the vehicle
was transporting sand illegally’ and that it needed to be recovered.
However, when the house owners explained that the vehicle has been
parked inside the house for a long time and the engine had not even been
started, they ignored them and continued in their attempts to apprehend
it. This caused a verbal altercation and neighbours had also gathered
to see what was happening.
The officers assaulted a boy who was recording the incident and took his
phone to delete the footage. “Anyone considering submitting a complaint
or attempting to release any footage regarding the altercation will be
arrested on fake charges of Ganja smuggling or distribution,” the police
reportedly told villagers.
After leaving the house without seizing the vehicle yesterday, they
returned to the same house this morning and violently attacked the
children, elderly and women of the household. They relentlessly attacked
them as they attempted to scream for help.
"They attacked with big bats and their guns," cried one young Tamil
girl, as she nursed an unconscious woman. "It was really painful and we
cried. They hit us with big bats, gubs and they stamped on us with their
shoes. They hit out sisters and used vulgar language."
The officers once more threatened to arrest the Tamils on false,
claiming they would plant cannabis on the women. "They badly tortured
these orphaned children," added a bystander.
"They dragged the girls by the neck because they did not come out," said
a Tamil woman from the village. When she tried to intervene the Sri
Lankan police attacked her. "They hit me with their gun and broke my
tooth," she added.
The incident has caused outrage in the village and comes amidst a military enforced vurfew in the region.
"We want protection," demanded one young man. "Otherwise we would just have to die."
"They attacked my aunt. She fainted and is in a coma... How can we trust the police?"
