Sri Lanka Embassy attacked in India

[Lankan Ranger]

Sri Lanka Embassy attacked in India

A group of around 10-15 Tamil protesters shouting anti-Sri Lanka slogans barged into the Sri Lankan high commission here Friday and started vandalising it, the first time such an incident has happened here. Sri Lanka has expressed 'shock' over the attack.

Sri Lanka has taken up the issue with India's external affairs ministry.

'We are shocked. We have taken it up with the external affairs ministry and the Delhi Police. We will also be writing to the ministry,' S. Gunaratne, first secretary in the Sri Lankan high commission, told IANS.

The incident took place around 3 p.m. The Tamil protesters after scaling the wall of the high commission, located in the high-security diplomatic enclave in the Indian capital, smashed 10-15 flower pots.

'In the afternoon, there were about 40-50 people chanting anti-Lanka slogans. They looked like Tamils and flaunted placards attacking the Sri Lankan government,' Gunaratne said.

'Around 10 people had jumped over the perimeter of the main gate. Since it was a holiday, there was no staff around. They smashed several flower pots and chanted slogans,' he said.

The Lankan security staff managed to overpower them, he said. No one was arrested.

The Sri Lankan high commission is a stone's throw from the Chanakyapuri police station.

'No one was injured. It all happened in two minutes. Before the police could swing into action, they had fled. No one could be arrested,' Additional Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) S. Dass told IANS.

'These people were Tamils protesting and they are extending support to Tamils in Sri Lanka. They were prepared and had arrived along with news channel reporters. We are seeking video footage from news channels to identify those who stormed the high commission,' he said.

From:India eNews - Sri Lankan high commission in New Delhi attacked, Colombo voices 'shock'

 

[Lankan Ranger]

This is a serious issue; Sri Lanka India Relations may face problems

 

[Sonic The Best]

Why India cannot provide protection to Sri Lanka Embassy at New Delhi.

 

[hack]

What does this topic have to do with India "defense".

 

[gogbot]

Why India cannot provide protection to Sri Lanka Embassy at New Delhi.

No one was hurt.
They were unarmed protesters.
And according to article everything happened in 2 min.

There was no reason to arrest anyone before the start of the protest.
And the protest came to an end in 2 min.

There was hardly anything else Indian could have done. other than Now increase security of the embassy.

 

[Awesome]

No one was hurt.
They were unarmed protesters.
And according to article everything happened in 2 min.

There was no reason to arrest anyone before the start of the protest.
And the protest came to an end in 2 min.

There was hardly anything else Indian could have done. other than Now increase security of the embassy.

Make arrests, send them to jail, question their support to the LTTE, question the allegiance of the media people with these vandals?

Plenty more India can do.

Tamil Nadu is the state that gets pissed off with the center when it supports the SL government against the Tamil tigers. India can fix this terrorist tendency within that state as well.

 

[duhastmish]

loool - attack !!! its too big a word .

it was just a bunch of tamil . who are not really the super fierce like gorkha rajput punjabi kashmiri or pathan. loool

anyways --- comign back to topic - i would like to see a astrong step taken against these idiots - they are actually hooligans - who put their own country security in jeopardy.

yeh asim is absolutely right - dude its vote bank politics - these tamil terrorist are finished but they are kept alive just for - their political gain - they must be sent by some political party.

 

[Brisingr]

I don know why the hell my previous post has been deleted.
In my post i just voised my concerns about the innocent SL citizens who are getting hurt day-today in SL .I quoted the times online article for it.
"Tamils shot by army after attempting to ‘escape’ from internment camp"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6851567.ece
I just wanted SL govt to show the same care and concern to those innocents just like the way they care their sinhalese ppl.

Mr.Asim Aquil. Why dont you provide me the reason???

"This message has been deleted by Asim Aquil. "

I just dont feel i should come back to this site again...

 

[Brisingr]

Why India cannot provide protection to Sri Lanka Embassy at New Delhi.

Make arrests, send them to jail, question their support to the LTTE, question the allegiance of the media people with these vandals?
Plenty more India can do.

Tamil Nadu is the state that gets pissed off with the center when it supports the SL government against the Tamil tigers. India can fix this terrorist tendency within that state as well.

I would like you to remember Mumbai attack by terrorists who came from pakistan. More than 170 ppl killed and you wont do any @@## thing and for pelting some stones you would demand UN to send in their troops......."Make arrests, send them to jail, question their support to the XXX, question the allegiance of the media people with these vandals?"

 

[Ingis]

Sri Lankan A on reading news: Attack?! What happened? Was there a bomb explosion?

Sri Lankan B: No, some 20-30 unarmed Tamil civilians whose relatives were murdered by Lankan army in cold blood entered the embassy and pelted stones.

Sri Lankan A: OMG! That is worse than a bomb attack. This is an invasion! India just declared war on Sri Lanka.

Sri Lankan B: Yeah... lets go and murder more unarmed Tamil fishermen.

No offence to Sri Lankans here. Just a comic take on labeling this episode as an "attack". Unfortunately though, killing of innocent fishermen is not so funny.

If Sri Lanka continues to murder unarmed Tamil fishermen, it should brace up for more protests... I mean "attacks".

 

[jaunty]

I don know why the hell my previous post has been deleted.
In my post i just voised my concerns about the innocent SL citizens who are getting hurt day-today in SL .I quoted the times online article for it.
"Tamils shot by army after attempting to ‘escape’ from internment camp"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6851567.ece
I just wanted SL govt to show the same care and concern to those innocents just like the way they care their sinhalese ppl.

Mr.Asim Aquil. Why dont you provide me the reason???

"This message has been deleted by Asim Aquil. "

I just dont feel i should come back to this site again...

Don't get so agitated buddy. He must have some reason for that. AFAIK fresh members are not allowed to post links. That might be the reason. If that's the case you need only 15 posts to be a full member.

 

[shchinese]

No one was hurt.
They were unarmed protesters.
And according to article everything happened in 2 min.

There was no reason to arrest anyone before the start of the protest.
And the protest came to an end in 2 min.

There was hardly anything else Indian could have done. other than Now increase security of the embassy.

maybe you shouldn't have involved into their civil war? your previous PM got killed for a reason.

 

[bigmoneymaker]

Sri Lankan A on reading news: Attack?! What happened? Was there a bomb explosion?

Sri Lankan B: No, some 20-30 unarmed Tamil civilians whose relatives were murdered by Lankan army in cold blood entered the embassy and pelted stones.

Sri Lankan A: OMG! That is worse than a bomb attack. This is an invasion! India just declared war on Sri Lanka.

Sri Lankan B: Yeah... lets go and murder more unarmed Tamil fishermen.

No offence to Sri Lankans here. Just a comic take on labeling this episode as an "attack". Unfortunately though, killing of innocent fishermen is not so funny.

If Sri Lanka continues to murder unarmed Tamil fishermen, it should brace up for more protests... I mean "attacks".

ｗｅｌｌ，why dont you not accept that it is the indians carelessness allow the unhappy incident happen on your immediate neighbour embassy.. as we know the embassy is also part of sl territory, just like the host must protect its guest interests in the host homeground.
it wonders me that what makes the indians so arrogant not to feel shy and sorry in their response, they have hurt the feeling of the victims actually..be learnt...what if this happens to your embassy in other host land? stop your jingoistic kind of remarks...

 

[gogbot]

Make arrests, send them to jail, question their support to the LTTE, question the allegiance of the media people with these vandals?

Plenty more India can do.

Tamil Nadu is the state that gets pissed off with the center when it supports the SL government against the Tamil tigers. India can fix this terrorist tendency within that state as well.

Terrorism is a far cry from protests sir.
Protests is the secondary practice of any democracy(the right to question your government), after the right to vote.

Obviously these protesters too the issue too far.
But considering the quick end and the lack of violence in general. Compared to other protests around the world where people, where people can die and last for hours. this is a small incident.

Increasing the security for the Sri lankan embassy would be the only prudent option in this case.

And also you seem to have insinuated that because of LTTE all Tamils are terrorists,

In that case can i say that because of Islamic terrorism all Muslims are terrorists.
But no i wont because i know better than to group people together based on stereotypes.

I think you should learn that to.