Sri Lanka Video Shows Executions, Alleges Report

The Sri Lankan High Commission has denied its forces carried out atrocities against ethnic Tamils after a video apparently showing a man being executed by Sri Lankan soldiers was aired on British television.

The footage, appearing to show a man dressed in Sri Lankan military uniform shooting a naked, bound and blindfolded male, was broadcast by Channel 4 News.

A second man was also shown being shot dead later in the footage, said to have been taken by a soldier using a mobile phone.

Corpses could also be seen in the background.

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[Shanthy]

This is a tip of the iceberg on what to expect.

This is one of the reasons why over 300,000 witnesses are still being detained.
The clip shows only a small weapon used by Sinhalese army in committing war crimes. The majority of tamil massacre was carried out by indiscriminate attacks by heavy weaponry from land, sea and air.

Sri Lanka has a lot to hide. It needs to develop more stories on vanguished LTTE to divert the attention of the outside world. De-mining is another invention by sri Lanka to get more aid in the name of humanity.

If there can be extensive presence of military in vacated tamil villages, and the civilians had to trek through vast land to reach detention camps,

Who planted these mines now?

[VS007]

You are right. There is a can of worms there.