A man was dragged out of his restaurant and shot. Several people, including cooperative director K Visvanathan were injured. Soldiers also smashed vehicles and arrested 17 people, five of whom were wounded. They were allowed medical attention only after an order by the local magistrate. Reports say that S Ilavalakan is missing after the incident. Police Inspector General Anandarajah has ordered an investigation.
The police attacked protestors at Neduntivu on 19 December. Eighteen people were injured and admitted to hospital. There were several protests in December demanding the removal of the EPDP. Demonstrations in front of the Jaffna government secretariat continued for several days, disrupting work.
On 5 December, the EPDP office in Manipai was attacked and damaged. A hartal was observed throughout Jaffna on 12 December. Shops and government offices were closed. A petrol bomb was hurled at the EPDP office in Mallakam on the same day. Shots were fired at the EPDP head office on Stanley Road in Jaffna town on 25 December.
The SLMM say that they have no power to ask EPDP to withdraw from Jaffna and others have observed that as a registered political party, EPDP has the right to open offices anywhere in the island. At a meeting in Colombo chaired by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe, EPDP leader Douglas Devananda agreed to reduce his personnel on Neduntivu by 50%.
Allegations have been made that a naval officer attempted to rape a woman on Neduntivu, while she was praying in the local church. The police initially refused to record her complaint, but later relented. The local people express doubt as to whether an enquiry will be held.
The Consortium of Humanitarian agencies in Jaffna has written to Prime Minister Ranil complaining that new Army camps have been established at Nunavil, Mirusuvil and Kaithady, affecting freedom of movement. In Valikamam North on the western region of the peninsula, resettlement has been allowed in only 15 of the 45 Grama Sevaka (Village Headman) divisions.
Northern fishermen associations say that fishing is not allowed from Thondamanaru to Senthankulam in north-eastern Vadamaratchy, from Columbuthurai to Ariyalai South and from Navatkuli to Elephant Pass in southern Thenmaratchy. Fishing restrictions are also in place in some areas of western Valikamam region. Fishermen in Karaitivu say that they are being continually harassed by the Navy.