hort1
September 19th, 2006, 10:20am
The funerals of 11 murdered Muslims have taken place in eastern Sri Lanka.
The military says the civilian men had been working on a water project on Sunday. When they failed to return home, a team went to investigate on Monday morning and found the bodies.
"They had gone to renovate a sluice gate and went missing. They have been found dead, hacked and chopped," an unnamed military spokesman quoted by the Reuters news agency said.
Ampara district is home to a large number of Sri Lanka's Muslim minority - Muslims are the third largest community in the country after the Sinhalese and Tamils.
Muslims have recently been caught up in the increasing violence between the government forces and rebels.
Tens of thousands were displaced from the north-eastern town of Muttur in July and August when fighting between the two sides forced them from their homes.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5355088.stm
Whole lot of trouble in the world out there. Most of which we never hear about. Or care one way or another.
The military says the civilian men had been working on a water project on Sunday. When they failed to return home, a team went to investigate on Monday morning and found the bodies.
"They had gone to renovate a sluice gate and went missing. They have been found dead, hacked and chopped," an unnamed military spokesman quoted by the Reuters news agency said.
Ampara district is home to a large number of Sri Lanka's Muslim minority - Muslims are the third largest community in the country after the Sinhalese and Tamils.
Muslims have recently been caught up in the increasing violence between the government forces and rebels.
Tens of thousands were displaced from the north-eastern town of Muttur in July and August when fighting between the two sides forced them from their homes.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5355088.stm
Whole lot of trouble in the world out there. Most of which we never hear about. Or care one way or another.