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Sri Lankan military accused of killing fleeing civilians - ABC Radio Australia |
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 Sri Lanka's military has accused rebel fighters of killing 19 civilians as they tried to flee the war zone in the north of the country. The military says Tamil Tigers rebels fired on a group of more than one thousand people trying to escape the war zone.
Presenter: Sonja Heydeman
Speakers: Mahinda Samarasinghe, Sri Lankan Disaster Management Minister; Doctor Victor Raja Kulendran, Secretary of the Australasian Federation of Tamil Associations; Lalith Weeratunga, Secretary to the President of Sri Lanka; Sri Lankan Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara
Source:
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/connectasia/stories/200902/s2489642.htm
Listen:
http://www.abc.net.au/ra/connectasia/stories/m1703403.asx
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