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A love story between former enemies

How a former Tamil Tiger soldier and Sinhalese Civil Defence recruit found love.

It’s 10 years since Sri Lanka’s civil war ended. The war pitted the country's two main ethnic groups, Tamils and Sinhalese, against each other, and divisions remain. But ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sinhala journalist Suneth Perera marked the anniversary with an unusual love story between former enemies: Gauri Malar, a former Tamil Tiger child soldier, and Roshan Jayathilake, a Sinhalese Civil Defence Force recruit.

Image: (L) Gauri and (R) Roshan
Credit: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½

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