Mobs block Army camps, set fire to sentry points
Tension ran high in Chavakachcheri yesterday after angry mobs blocked Sri Lanka Army camps and set fire to two sentry points, injuring four persons. Military traffic on the A9 highway through Chavakachcheri was also stopped by a demonstration against the obstruction of a peaceful protest over an earlier accident where a civilian was hit and injured.

TNA Parliamentarian N. Raviraj said he rushed to the scene yesterday and met the protestors, the security forces and Police and that the situation had normalised by evening. Chavakachcheri residents allege that the Police and the Military attacked civilians and damaged property during Friday's protests and hence the troubles had continued.

Friday's clashes between civilians and the Army came days after a similar incident where people went on the rampage after a student was killed by by a military vehicle in Jaffna.

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