1 September 2018 09:29 am
He said 114 skeletons had also been excavated from the mass grave in the vicinity of the old CWE building in Mannar on Thursday.
The JMO said a detailed analysis would be done later after samples of the skeletal remains were sent for a carbon test to California.
A team of archaeological and judicial officers are carrying out investigations on a directive of Mannar Magistrate T.G.Prabhakaran. (Romesh Madushanka)