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SLA intensifies attacks on Safe Zone, 71 civilians killed -4-5-09
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by senthil5000 | April 5, 2009 at 10:50 am
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No one in the world should get the situation of this mother who lost her 8 month old child.
Sri Lanka Army (SLA), which has been blaming that the Tigers were using civilians as 'human shields' on Sunday contradicted its claims saying that main LTTE fighting formations were inside a territory outside the safe zone, besieged by the SLA and claimed that the area has now been brought under its control, causing heavy casualties to the LTTE. Meanwhile, the SLA has stepped up attacks on civilians inside the safety zone from 8:30 p.m. Saturday, according to the latest reports from the civilian safe zone. At least 71 civilians were killed and 143 sustained injuries and the doctors at Puthumaaththa'lan makeshift hospital were struggling to save a one month old baby, seriously wounded in SLA shelling.
Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) helicopter fired rocket killing 8 civilians near Pokka'nai Pi'l'laiyaar temple Sunday afternoon.
Heavy shelling by the SLA targeted Maaththa'lan, Pokka'nai, Valaignarmadam, Iraddai-vaaykkaal and other areas of the safety zone.
At least 23 of the civilians rushed to Puthumaaththa'lan makeshift hospital have succumbed to their injuries.
Local aid workers expressed fear of SLA stepping up its attacks on civilians inside the safe zone with the aim of forcefully subjugating them.
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senthil5000
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at 21:36 on April 5th, 2009
The world continues to be silent in a genocide.
Tamils Children are dying.
Tamils Civilians are being bombed and killed mercilessly by the Sri Lankan Government.
It hurts to see the world to be silent in such agonizing human rights violations to Tamils.
It hurts to see many in this news community continue to be silent regarding the issues. Not even making effort to try to understand the problem. Not asking questions to verify the details.
What is news to people?
Why does it matter to be part of a crowd powered media?
When all are dead, does it matter what news prevails time?
Then, it is only a history.
Does it matter to document 60 years of massacres of Tamils by the Sri Lankan Governments and then document one more?
Over 4700 Tamils are killed in just last 3 months and over 1000 of them are children in Sri Lanka.
Who cares?
Silence is the best way to support human rights violations in the world.
Source: thesundayleader.lk