Sri Lanka shelling kills 2,000 civilians: rebels

Source: AFP

COLOMBO (AFP) — Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels on Sunday accused the government of killing more than 2,000 civilians in 24 hours of artillery attacks, but the military denied the allegations.

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said in a statement posted on the Tamilnet website that the army had unleashed a devastating offensive on the small coastal patch of land that the rebels still control.

"More than 2,000 innocent civilians have been killed in the last 24 hours," Tamilnet quoted S. Pathmanathan, the rebels' chief arms smuggler, as saying.

The website said 257 bodies had been brought to a makeshift hospital that was overwhelmed with hundreds of injured casualties.

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I wonder why DU'er have not responded to this obvious genocide by the Sri Lanka military. Just disgusting.

to be arrested. They were on Parliament Hill for 10 days last month. They must be beside themselves with worry over the civilians caught in the war in Sri Lanka.