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Tense situation in Sri Lanka's capital when a Sinhala pro - war group full of hatred tried to disrupt a commemoration held on the western coast of Wellawatta to the memory of Tamil civilians killed in the north eastern coastal strip of Mullivaikkal 17 years ago.
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