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Census reveals over 8,000 deaths during last stages of war

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The Census carried out in the Northern Province has revealed 8649 civilian casualties during the last stages of the conflict. The census which was carried out from June to August last year with the participation of 2500 Tamil speaking state employees has revealed 11172 civilian deaths out of which 2,523 were due to natural causes (H.F)

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  • amuda rala Sunday, 26 February 2012 03:48 AM

    may be right...and how about carrying out a census of the people who were killed by the ltte in the past 30 years...

    dan Sunday, 26 February 2012 06:50 AM

    RUBBISH !!

    mohan Sunday, 26 February 2012 08:42 AM

    killing civilian not acceptable regardless of who done it , compare to last stage of war (real figure) not even close to 1%

    SS Sunday, 26 February 2012 10:01 AM

    I thought not a single civilian died. That was what someone said earlier.

    RAJU Sunday, 26 February 2012 04:14 PM

    RUBBISH!! IT IS ONLY 25% OF THE TOTAL FIGURE KILLED IN THE LAST STAGE OF THE WAR.


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