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

25 February 2012 06:53 am

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)