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A love story between former enemies

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

It鈥檚 10 years since Sri Lanka鈥檚 civil war ended. The war pitted the country's two main ethnic groups, Tamils and Sinhalese, against each other, and divisions remain. But 麻豆社 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: 麻豆社

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