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Civilians
fleeing for safety shot at by tigers
- „19
including 2 children and 5 women killed
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„75 including 11 children and 27 women injured
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„New security measures to screen civilians
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„About 30000 reach safety areas by last afternoon
By
Gagani Weerakoon
A group of nearly 1000 civilians, who were moving to safety
areas in Uddayarkattukualam, were allegedly attacked by the
LTTE yesterday.
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workers attend to injured children brought to the main
hospital in Anuradapura. The military said a total of
19 people were killed and 75 wounded when Tamil Tigers
opened fire on them. The victims were among some 1,000
civilians who escaped from Tamil rebel-held territory
amid gun fire from the guerrillas who have been trying
to hold some 100,000 civilians hostage as security forces
keep up a major offensive to crush the guerrillas. AFP |
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