(Daily Mirror)The Carbon dating report from the Beta Analytic Institute of Florida, USA has revealed that the skeletal remains found in the Mannar mass grave dates back to a period between 1499 and 1719 AD (Anno Domini). However, the analysts are of the opinion that it was impossible to determine the specific time period. Skeletal […]
Mannar mass grave
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Grave secrets from Sri Lanka’s troubled past
“We haven’t finished excavating yet. We will continue until we get to what we call a bone-free margin, to rule out any more bones,” says W.R.A.S. Rajapaksa (Below), Consultant Judicial Medical Officer at Mannar District General Hospital. | Photo Credit: Picasa Meera Srinivasan . The recent discovery of a mass grave in Mannar town in Sri […]
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Skeletons of 21 children found in mass grave in Sri Lanka with ‘signs of torture’
Image: Staff dig up skeletons at a site of a former war zone in Mannar, Sri Lanka ( REUTERS ) Excavators in Sri Lanka have found the skeletal remains of 21 children as well as signs of possible torture of the dead in the biggest mass grave in the country’s former civil war zone, Mannar, putting a spotlight on the […]
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Sri Lanka mass grave: Dozens of skeletons found in Mannar
Image:Forensic archaeologists were brought in after building workers unearthed human remains. By Anbarasan Ethirajan, BBC News, Mannar. Experts in northern Sri Lanka are trying to identify the remains of dozens of bodies in a mass grave in the country’s former war zone. So far the skeletal remains of more than 90 people have been unearthed in […]
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Sri Lanka: Mannar mass grave excavation Media and NGOs banned
Police have obtained a written Order from the Mannar Magistrate not to permit the Media and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), that are working closely on the missing and enforced disappearances issue, to visit the Mannar mass grave site to collect information or report on it. Police have claimed that several Media outlets have misinterpreted the information […]
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Office of Missing Persons to fund skeletal excavations in Mannar
The Office of Missing Persons has decided to step in to fund the excavations of a suspected mass grave site in Mannar ‘as long as necessary’, in the first major step by the permanent office to investigate and trace disappeared people in Sri Lanka in accordance with its mandate. The grave site currently under forensic […]
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International Forensic Analysts Essential in Mannar Investigation – Selvam Adaikkalanathan
Tamil National Alliance(TNA) Vanni District Parliamentarian, Leader of Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization(TELO) Parliamentary Deputy Chairman of Committees, Selvam Adaikkalanathan said the assistance of international forensic analysts and experts is a must, to detect the truth behind the sudden deaths of former LTTE cadres and that all rehabilitated cadres must undergo medical examinations by an international […]
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Sri Lanka Mannar mass grave: 81 skeltons found
A police officer works next to a human skull at a construction site in the former war zone – Reuters Colombo (AFP) – Sri Lankan authorities halted excavations after recovering 81 skeletal remains from an unmarked mass grave atop an old burial ground in the island’s former war zone, an official said Saturday. Judicial medical […]
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More bodies found in Sri Lanka’s mass grave; It is 80 now
80 skeletons; No investigation Forensic experts have found more bodies in an unmarked mass grave in Sri Lanka’s northern former war zone, taking the total number to 80, an official said on Tuesday. Judicial medical officer Dhananjaya Waidyaratne said excavations resumed on Monday after a short break at the grave site discovered by construction workers […]
