Paul’s church, Milagiriya, had rushed to MGG that morning to be in solidarity with the protestors camped opposite the front entrance of ‘Temple Trees’. Michael’s church, Kollupitiya and, the other, Vicar of St. Niroshan were recalling their traumatic experience when the hallowed protocols of Sri Lankan democracy were upturned by the launch of a thug assault force from within the official residence of the Prime Minister itself. “The barricade placed to keep the public at a distance from ‘Temple Trees’ could have been used to protect the Mynah Go Gama protest camp from the attacking mob, but the police allowed the mob to go through to assault us.” This is how two young church pastors remembered the 9 th of May, caught up as they were on that fateful day for civilised Sri Lankan politics.Ĭhurch of Ceylon (Anglican) pastors Fr. Two young pastors bear witness and demand accountability May 9 th, ‘Temple Trees’: the shock of political terror Niroshan for sharing their experiences while praying that we will not experience such cruelty in our land again. We hope that the detailed description of events will help many of us to understand the ground realities of the day and what could have been done to avoid death destruction that followed. The attached is a detailed account of what transpired that day, from their own experience and view point.
Two of our Anglican Clergymen were also victims of the mob attack on innocent civilians that day.
The 9th of May 2022 will go down in History as a dark day in the history of our country.
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