Massacre grave unearthed in Batticaloa - Sri Lanka

Massacre grave unearthed in Batticaloa
[TamilNet, Wednesday, 16 July 2008, 07:03 GMT]
A mass grave, containing skeletons bearing gunshot wounds, has been discovered Wednesday morning at Paalameenmeadu, 6 km north of Batticaloa city, near a Tsunami resettlement. The grave was found after the IDPs, who were engaged in digging wells near their camp, unearthed body parts in one of the wells Monday. At least 32 pieces of skeletons have been recovered with cloths since 9:30 a.m., when Judge B. Ramakannan from Batticaloa visited the massacre site with Judicial Medical Officer (JMO) M.M.A. Rahman and the Police. The site, located 1.5 km from a Sri Lankan military post, manned by police and later by the Sri Lankan Special Task Force (STF) and the Sri Lanka Army (SLA).


Emptied rounds were also located from the mass grave, according to initial reports, which alluded that the killings could have taken place 4 years ago and that there could be more than 16 slain inside a single grave.

There were also speculations that the victims could be civilians who disappeared or combatants.

However, police said it was too early to give any indication on the number of bodies or the period when the massacre has taken place.

Both male and female clothes have been recovered in the massacre grave.

Tsunami affected refugees from Moothoor were settled at the site two years ago.

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[EelamTigers]

Bloody sinhalese and their Fucking SLA... U will need to balance the accounts with UR bodies..... U will realise the pain soon

[tamilpatrio8]

Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has urged UN to investigate the MASS GRAVES as the Srilanka cannot be trusted to do so.

Will Srilanka allow IMPARTIAL International investigations??????????

Or will they will close the MASS GRAVES area and burn all the bones and remains of the bodies as the BARBARIC Srilanka did to 1000s of Bodies in Jaffna in late 90s?

[Abinayah1]

To all my tamil people,

Don`t be afraid or sad. The fucking Rajepakser will soon be treated as he treated our people!

[tamildeztiny]

what was leader doing?..wanking?

[sbextremism]

In the last sixty years three hundred thousands were slaughtered, several thousands were raped, tortured, imprisoned and disappeared in Sri Lanka. More than a million have fled the country with the fear of persecution. 99% of the victims were Tamils and 99% of the perpetrators were Sri Lankan military personal or members of Buddhist Sinhala extremist groups. One doesn't need to be a rocket scientist to understand what is going on in this country.

[SLARMYNFF]

Please we are Sri Lankan together Tamils, Sinhalese, Burgher and more. Peace in Sri Lanka is estabilish. and remember that the LTTE tell lies accusing the government of their actions. A friend of mine is a Tamil and he said that the LTTE massacred his aunt's family accusing then the SL. GOV.! Now we have to rebuild Sri Lanka together & u must have all the rights of a Sri Lankan.

PS. Now the LTTE I hope is died. & the Tamils are free. No more Cyanide to child soldiers and no more war!