A tense situation was reported in Kinniya following the ferry accident on 23rd November 2021, with the public clashing with the police, while protesting against the incompetency of the authorities. News footage showed angry residents burning tyres outside the Kinniya Divisional Secretariat office. Local media reports said the Kinniya house of Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) MP M. S. Thowfeek had also been attacked by the residents. Read more here: https://economynext.com/angry-residents-burn-tires-in-protest-following-ferry-tragedy-in-sri-lanka-88157/. See video footage here: https://www.newswire.lk/2021/11/23/67129-kinjiya/.