Jaffna: Strike after 2 Tamils killed

Colombo: Sri Lankans went on strike across the island’s north on Tuesday as anger mounted over the police killing of two Tamil university students at a checkpoint. Shops, banks and other offices were closed across the war-ravaged Jaffna peninsula and public transport was halted in protest against the shootings last week. “The entire province is paralysed by the 12-hour work stoppage which started this morning,” Tamil politician Eswarapatham Saravanapavan, who represents Jaffna district, told AFP. “Only a few private vehicles and security services are on the road.”