Soldiers guilty of massacre

COLOMBO - Sri Lankan authorities have found 14 soldiers guilty of massacring 24 Tamil civilians, military sources said yesterday…

COLOMBO - Sri Lankan authorities have found 14 soldiers guilty of massacring 24 Tamil civilians, military sources said yesterday.

The soldiers were found guilty by a military court of killing the civilians on February 11th in the village of Kumarapuram, in eastern Trincomalee district, the sources said.

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