
Sixteen civilians from an extended family killed in a claymore attack
Sixteen civilians, including four children, were killed as the van they were travelling in came under a claymore attack by the Deep Penetration Unit of the Sri Lanka military at 2.00pm today. The incident took place on the Akkarayan-Murukandy road in Kilinochchi.
 Nineteen members of an extended family were traveling in that van and sixteen of them were killed and the other three were injured and were admitted to the Kilinochchi hospital.
23 May 2008
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