(2nd update – Video added) “We Want Cease-Fire” – Tamils block streets outside Westminster

More than 30,000 protestors spilled out to stage a sit-down protest at the south east corner of Parliament Square at its junction with Whitehall and Bridge Street. Demonstrators have broken through police lines and are blocking roads around Parliament. More people are joining in.  Thousands of Tamil demonstrators demanding an immediate ceasefire blocked streets outside parliament today, Monday, as soon as they heard the mass killing in Vanni. Close to thousands were killed from midnight to noon today. Casualty figure expected to rise rapidly as the war continues. More than 4000 Tamils are chanting against Sri Lanka and calling to end the war immediately.

Demonstrators shouted “ceasefire now” and waved Tamil flags and placards with slogans such as “Stop killing innocent Tamil kids and civilians”.

Police rushed in reinforcements to contain the  protest by Tamils and their supporters who flooded the square outside parliament, disrupting traffic in busy central London.  MPs were returning to work on Monday after the Easter recess.

Yellow-coated police linked arms as they struggled to contain protesters trying to surge over Westminster Bridge, which they occupied earlier this month. Police then parked vans across the street to stop demonstrators getting through.

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