Armed soldier (friendly) guarding what used to be the Mavira Thuyilim Illam (Martyr's Sleeping House) at Kopay, but in 2011 was used for army offices

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Soldier guarding what had been the Mavira Thuyilim Illam (Martyrs’ Sleeping House), where 2000 LTTE soldiers are buried. Not long before this photograph was taken, the graveyard was bulldozed and turned into offices for the Sri Lankan Army.

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Size: 2592px × 3888px
Location: Jaffna, Northern Province, Sri Lanka
Photo credit: © Lucy Calder / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: army, civil, graveyard, house, illam, jaffna, kopay, lanka, lankan, man, martyrs, mavira, northern, province, rifle, sleeping, soldier, sri, thuyilim, war