Mass grave fuels fear of thousands buried in Sri Lanka war zone

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Mass grave fuels fear of thousands buried in Sri Lanka war zone




MANNAR, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - The discovery of a mass grave containing more than 30 skulls in northern Sri Lanka has fuelled speculation that there may be many more like it containing the remains of thousands who went missing during the island nation's nearly three-decade war.
The police have suggested that the Tamil Tiger rebels it defeated five years ago could be responsible for the burial, uncovered near a historic Hindu temple in the district of Mannar.
Sri Lanka is already under international pressure to address alleged wartime human rights violations. A failure to probe the discovery could fuel the anger of Western nations demanding an independent international investigation into suspected abuses.

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Skeletal remains of 53 people unearthed from mass grave in Northern Sri Lanka

Wed, Jan 29, 2014, 09:14 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.Jan 29, Colombo:

Skeletal remains of 53 people have so far been unearthed from the unmarked grave site found in Mannar in Northern Sri Lanka, the police said.
Police Media Spokesman SSP Ajith Rohana said several fragments of another skeleton were found during excavations today bringing the latest total of remains uncovered to 53 from the mass grave site.
The excavations at the site along the access road to the Thiruketheeswaram Kovil in Mannar in the former war zone began on December 20 after road construction workers laying water pipes along the road stumbled on the human skeletal remains and alerted the police.

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More bodies found in Sri Lanka's mass grave


Forensic experts have found more bodies in an unmarked mass grave in Sri Lanka's northern former war zone, taking the total number to 80, an official said on Tuesday.

Judicial medical officer Dhananjaya Waidyaratne said excavations resumed on Monday after a short break at the grave site discovered by construction workers in December.

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[h=1]Sri Lanka family finds mass grave in garden[/h]
A Sri Lankan family has stumbled upon the remains of at least nine bodies buried in the garden of their home, police said Saturday, the latest mass grave to be discovered in the country's former war zone.
The family made the grisly find on Friday while clearing out their garden in the town of Puthukkudiririppu in the northern district of Mullaittivu, police spokesman Ajith Rohana said.
"Remains of nine people had been found so far and the skeletal remains were taken for analysis by the judicial medical officer in the area," Rohana told reporters.
The discovery comes just days after officials raised the number of bodies found in December in an unmarked mass grave in the adjoining district of Mannar to 80.

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