Second largest mass grave unearthed in Sri Lanka
Upwards of 90 skelital remains have so far been uncovered as the full investigation begins
August 27, 2018
Updated: August 27, 2018 08:06 PM
Sri Lankan three-wheeled taxi drivers wait for passengers along a road in Colombo on August 22, 2018. (Photo by LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI / AFP)
Experts in Sri Lanka have uncovered what they believe to be a mass grave containing the remains of dozens of people that would be the second largest unearthed since the end of the country’s civil war in 2009.
In the northwest former frontline town of Mannar, the remains of more than 90 people have been unearthed.
The 26-year war between the government and separatist Tamils left at least 100,000 dead - around 40,000 of which came in the final 2009 battle - and thousands of others missing. The bloody conclusion in 2009 saw government forces battle the remaining Tamil fighters into increasingly small pockets of territory.
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