09/11/2011
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Sunday Leader
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) says the government must keep to its pledge to free all those detained in Jaffna following the recent violence over the sightings of the so called grease devils.
08/29/2011
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BBC
A wave of retaliatory violence and vigilante action have taken place in Sri Lanka in response to a series of "grease devil" attacks.
08/28/2011
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The Sunday Leader
By KUSAL PERERA The largest number of detainees over the “grease devil” protests, is from Navanthurai, Jaffna. Over one hundred men were reported arrested on August 23, 2011. The time of the arrests was around 01.30 a.m, which is dead of the night, when devils, if any, usually roam. The rounding up operation of fast-sleeping men in their homes was by the military.
08/13/2011
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BBC
Parts of Sri Lanka are gripped by a bizarre outbreak of panic, rage and mob violence. At least four people have died in the vigilante violence and related confrontations.