Sri Lanka: 2000 civilians feared killed in one night

May 10, 2009
Issue 
794
World

More than 2,000 civilians were slaughtered by Sri Lankan Army shelling on the night of May 9,

Medical sources in Vanni told Tamilnet.com: "Dead bodies are scattered everywhere, 814 wounded managed to reach the makeshift hospital [in Mu'l'li-vaaykkaal] up to 9.25am."
The makeshift hospital, which operates in a former junior school, has itself been shelled several times.

"Every kind of lethal weapon [including] internationally banned cluster shells … were used," Tamilnet.com reported.

"The SLA usually chooses weekends for its massacres to minimise international attention."

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