In London, Tamil demonstrators attacked the diplomatic missions of Sri Lanka and India, causing minor damage to both buildings, AFP reported on April 27.
In a protest attended by a total of about 400 people. Demonstrators smashed windows in both buildings, after which six people were detained by police.
Rallies in support of the Tamil separatists in Sri Lanka took place in April in the UK, France, Germany, the United States and Canada. While, in general, they were peaceful, some demonstrators started to behave aggressively, and ultimately without detention has not done any of the shares.
In Sri Lanka, government troops carried out a large-scale military operation against the fighters of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. According to UN estimates, in the immediate area of the fighting were about 50 thousand civilians, mostly ethnic Tamils. In doing so, only since the beginning of 2009 in Sri Lanka, is also on the UN estimates killed up to 6.5 thousand civilians and another 14 thousand were wounded.
   In doing so, "Tamil Tigers" in 1973, leading the struggle for education on the island an independent Tamil state, suffered a devastating defeat. Government forces otbili almost all fighters controlled territory, nip them in the area about 15 square kilometers.
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