Tamil Tigers Accuse Sri Lanka Military Of Bombing Civilians
Friday August 29th, 2008 / 8h15
COLOMBO (AFP)--The Tamil Tiger rebels on Friday accused Sri Lankan government forces of setting off a roadside bomb and killing two civilians inside guerrilla-held territory. A man and a child died when their motorcycle was caught up in the bomb attack at Nedunkerni in the Wanni region Thursday evening, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam said in a statement. "A farmer and a boy were killed in a claymore attack by the Sri Lanka army in Olumadhu in Nedunkerni on Thursday," the statement said, adding that most of the residents of Nedunkerni have been displaced by continuing fighting. The military routinely denies it attacks civilians inside rebel-controlled areas. The Tamil Tigers' statement came a day after Sri Lanka appealed to minority ethnic Tamil civilians living in rebel-held towns to move to areas under government control. Defense secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse said the military has cleared a route for people fleeing the island's embattled north, where troops are advancing on the rebel capital of Kilinochchi, 330 kilometers north of Colombo. U.N. aid agencies said nearly 135,000 people have been driven from their homes due to fierce fighting in the past two months. Sri Lankan troops have been pushing deeper into rebel-held territory as they try to dismantle the Tigers' northern stronghold. They ejected the guerrillas from the east of the island in July 2007. Tens of thousands have died on both sides since the Tamil Tigers launched a separatist campaign in 1972 for a homeland for Tamils in the island's north and east. Click here to go to Dow Jones NewsPlus, a web front page of today's most important business and market news, analysis and commentary: http://www.djnewsplus.com/al?rnd=zqA%2BjI6lIzdxa%2FbHsvt05w%3D%3D. You can use this link on the day this article is published and the following day.
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