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Red Cross claims worker killed in shelling
The International Committee of the Red Cross announced on Wednesday that a local Red Cross worker and his mother were killed in shelling in northeast Sri Lanka. The organisation did not say who was responsible for the attack.
AFP - A local Red Cross worker was killed Wednesday in renewed shelling of Tamil Tiger-held territory in northeast Sri Lanka, the International Committee of the Red Cross said.
"One of our male employees and his mother were killed this afternoon, they were hit by a shell," said the ICRC's spokeswoman in Colombo, Sarasi Wijeratne.
The organisation did not say who was responsible for the attack.
The Tamil Tiger rebels, however, accused government forces of carrying out fresh artillery and mortar attacks, claiming that 38 women were killed on Wednesday when a mental health facility was hit.
Sri Lankan authorities have fiercely denied they are using heavy weapons to strike the small area held by the rebels and packed with tens of thousands of civilians.
A local doctor contacted by AFP said he could only confirm that a medical facility in the rebel-held area had been hit, but gave no casualty figures.
"Two shells fell on the hospital compound today," T. Varatharajah, a doctor working at a make-shift hospital at Mullivaikal said by telephone. "There are lots of casualties, but I don't have the numbers yet."
The same hospital was hit on Tuesday and some 47 people were killed, according to the rebels.
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Comments (5)
Sri lankan Terrorist Government
Allow international media and show them government is just killing Tigers alone and not even one innocent civilian or social workers.
It is not war without witness, It is terrorism by sri lankan goverment without witness.
When foreign media persons are deported from a country for telling the truth, who are all supporting the attrocities by sri lankan government are candidly supporting terrorism.
Siva from Canada - u are joking right? way too emotional
Siva from Canada - Your response is way too emotional and full of fluff. Do you really care for the innocent civilians? Or are you a terrorist? Perhaps a terrorist sympathizer... Nevertheless, if you do care for the civilians and let's see... the 70000 plus that was killed in the conflict - you'd want the LTTE destroyed. Clearly your IC friends and NGOs have even admitted that the LTTE terrorists are holding civilians hostage to save themselves. The govt of Sri Lanka is not perfect, but nor is any democratically elected govt. But that doesn’t mean that a sovereign state can’t destroy terrorists within their borders. The only way to stop the killing of innocent people and save future generations from a similar fate is to destroy the LTTE. I think Canada will soon have to deal with people like you who support terrorists - Sorry Canada these terrorists in your country are your problem now - not Sri Lanka's.
The SriLankan army is showing exactly how terrorists
The SriLankan army is showing exactly how terrorists should be dealt with,something that the stupid Western armies & IDF fail to grasp.. Besides the heroic Tigers have wrapped own Tamil civilians around themselves,as one does with mattresses,to cushion their fall.The outcry from so-called human rights groups is just another attempt at saving another terrorist organization,something they do too well. And of course,one has to believe too that the valiant LTTE never know how to use a wounded-filled hospital to set up their guns? The quickest the SriLankan army eliminates this scum,the better for the trapped
civilians.
More Paliwood from these Terrorist
First These Pro LTTE supporters were shouting that the SL Goverment is not allowing anyone in to war zone.. Now we see that the ICRC have been in there for some time.. You LTTE Pro Terrorist are contradicting your own propaganda.. And some Pro Terrorist idot here said to let journalist in... Are they going to treat people if injured...
The "Tigers" are cornered in a tiny spit of land. Why on earth would the Sri Lankan military target civilians now, when they are about to win the war ? Sounds like "Paliwood" to me
idiot
ok. so if all the news are being created by the LTTE why don't your srilankan government let journalist in the warzone?. what happend to the CHANNEL 4 newscasters?. they deported because they told the truth to the world.