 Thirteen labourers working for an irrigation project in eastern Sri Lanka have been killed by suspected Tamil rebels. The workers employed in the Ampara region, 290 km east of the capital Colombo were believed to have been killed Monday after they were abducted by the rebels, news agency Indo-Asian News Service reported Tuesday. The incident occurred just hours before the EU labelled the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a terrorist organisation.
| After only how the hell many years? They just went by too quickly for me to keep track, I guess... |
Sri Lanka's security situation has further deteriorated since April 7 and more than 375 people - civilians, soldiers and rebels have been killed, according to the news agency. The LTTE has been fighting for a separate country for ethnic Tamils carved out of Sri Lanka and the conflict has claimed 70,000 lives in the last two-and-a-half decades. |