The printing press of the Uthayan news paper office in Jaffna has been set on fire by an unidentified group this morning(13). The incident is the latest in a series of brutal attacks against the Jaffna-based newspaper, and its employees over the past several years and comes just 10 days after the Uthayan offices in Kilinochi was attacked by masked assailants. At least four employees were injured on April 03 when armed assailants attacked the Kilinochchi distribution office of the Uthayan newspaper and its workers.
Investigations have revealed that the setting fire to Uthayan newspaper
printing office has been an inside job to tarnish the image of the
government, the Director General of the MCNS, Lakshman Hulugalle said.
