SRI LANKA ACCUSED OF WAR CRIMES AFTER 'TAMIL EXECUTION' VIDEOS EMERGE
Sri Lanka was accused of war crimes after video footage apparently showed government soldiers from the Sinhalese majority executing nine naked Tamils by shooting them in the back of the head.
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Sri Lanka was accused of war crimes after video footage apparently showed government soldiers from the Sinhalese majority executing nine naked Tamils by shooting them in the back of the head. The footage was apparently shot by a soldier on a mobile phone. Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka said it was filmed in January.
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- (Sources: Telegraph.co.uk, 25/08/2009)
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