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UN mourns Sri Lanka 'bloodbath'
Monday, 11 May 2009

SRI LANKAThe United Nations has described the situation in northern Sri Lanka as a "bloodbath" after reports of heavy civilian casualties at the weekend.

UN spokesman in Colombo Gordon Weiss said more than 100 children died during the "large-scale killing of civilians".

The Sri Lankan government objected to the remarks and said it would formally complain, AFP news agency said.

A doctor working in the war zone said more than 430 people had been killed after two days of bombardment.

Meanwhile, the military spokesman for the Tamil Tiger rebels, Ilanthirayan, has been seriously wounded in fighting.



Mr Ilanthirayan sustained heavy injuries in an attack by the Sri Lankan army on Sunday, the pro-rebel website TamilNet said. The Sri Lankan defence ministry said a senior officer of the rebels' sea wing also died in fighting last week.

'Bloodbath'

The UN had consistently warned of an impending bloodbath in the area, Mr Weiss said. It estimates that about 50,000 civilians are trapped by the conflict in a three-km-sq strip of land. "The large-scale killing of civilians, including the death of over 100 children, over the weekend shows that the bloodbath scenario has become a reality," he added.
 
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