COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – At least 16 patients being treated at a makeshift hospital in the northern Sri Lankan war zone were killed by shelling, the Red Cross said Tuesday, as the military accused rebel fighters of killing 19 other civilians fleeing the area. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Hospital’
SRI LANKA: 16 patients killed in hospital shelling
Posted in Civilian Casualties, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Terrorists, tagged Civilian Casualties, Hospital, shelling, Sri Lanka on February 10, 2009 |
SRI LANKA: S Lanka hospital ‘attacked again’
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Ground Assault, Insurgents, Mortars, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Targeted Death, Targeted Injury, Terrorists, tagged civilian casulaties, Hospital, Sri Lanka, Tamil Tigers on February 3, 2009 |
By BBC News
The Red Cross in Sri Lanka says three more civilians have been killed in artillery attacks on a hospital in Tamil Tiger-held territory.
SRI LANKA: Deadly strike on S Lanka hospital
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Mortars, South Asia, Sri Lanka, tagged Civilian Casualties, Hospital, Shells, Sri Lanka on February 2, 2009 |
By BBC News
Nine people have been killed by shells which hit a hospital in a rebel-held area of north-east Sri Lanka, the Red Cross says. (more…)
