Long-simmering ethnic tensions between mainly Buddhist Sinhalese and largely Hindu Tamil minority led to the civil war.
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The bankrupt country says it will reduce army personnel to 135,000 by next year and 100,000 by 2030.
The current crisis is a second blow to the Tamil population, already ravaged by the civil war’s final offensive.
It was the first-ever public event on the island where mostly majority ethnic Sinhalese memorialised the minority group.
