Black Tigers Day
5 July was commemorated annually as "Black Tigers Day", as well as the 27th November being commemorated as Martyrs Day or Heroes Day. The deadly effect of the attack encouraged more attacks of a similar nature. The attack allegedly temporarily set back a planned invasion of Jaffna town by government security forces.
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Famous quotes containing the words black, tigers and/or day:
“Standing to America, bringing home
black gold, black ivory, black seed.”
—Robert Earl Hayden (1913–1980)
“Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prance across a screen,
Bright topaz denizens of a world of green.”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)
“The fifth day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
Five gold rings,”
—Unknown. The Twelve Days of Christmas (l. 19–21)