We would like to thank warmly Nirmala Rajasingam for providing us  a summary in english of the news report given below by the BBC Tamil Oosai.

Communally motivated attacks on Hill country Tamils in Ratnapuri district: – source namathu malaiyaham

In recent days communally inspired attacks have been perpetrated on the dwellings of workers living on Alupola estate, in the Wewalwatte police division of Ratnapuri district in the hill country. The most recent attack took place yesterday,in the early hours of Wednesday 17 April when a gang from outside the estate had entered the estate and attacked people. Owing to the clashes that ensued 3 people have been admitted to the local hospital. These incidents have been reported by the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council Member Mr.K Ramachandran who is a member of the Ceylon Workers Congress, (CWC – the main party representing Hill country Tamils), a member of the ruling coalition. MP K. Ramachandran has reported these incidents to the BBC Tamil service.
Mano Ganesan of the Democratic People’s Front has reported that in recent times attacks on Hill country Tamil estate workers have been carried out in six other estates, in Galaboda, Nivitigala, Dolaswala, Konakumbura and Wellupitiya. The Kegalle district and Ratnapuri district combinedly form the Sabaragamuwa province from which two MPs had been returned to parliament from the hill country Tamil community. Local Sinhala nationalist and communal politicians are believed to be behind these attacks.

link to read to read the BBC Tamil Oosai’s article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/tamil/sri_lanka/2013/04/130417_ratnapuraattacks.shtml
The last big attacks on hill country Tamils in this area was in 1998.

dbsjeyaraj also reports Sinhala Mob Attacks against Tamils at “Thondamanpura”Housing Scheme in Ratnapura District :

http://dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/archives/20339

here is more detailed info in English about the attacks.

Sources: namathu malaiyaham, BBC Tamil Oosai and dbsjeyaraj

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