Ravi Nessman from Associated Press has broken what’s perhaps the most important story on the war, since it ended three years ago. In a story published by AP a few hours ago, he notes,
The Associated Press obtained a copy Thursday of an email written by a U.N. land mine expert that said unexploded cluster bomblets were discovered in the Puthukudiyiruppu area of northern Sri Lanka, where a boy was killed last month and his sister injured as they tried to pry apart an explosive device they had found to sell for scrap metal.The email was written by Allan Poston, the technical adviser for the U.N. Development Program’s mine action group in Sri Lanka.“After reviewing additional photographs from the investigation teams, I have determined that there are cluster sub-munitions in the area where the children were collecting scrap metal and in the house where the accident occurred. This is the first time that there has been confirmed unexploded sub-munitions found in Sri Lanka” the email said.
Emphasis ours. The incident noted in Ravi’s copy was actually reported in the Tamil media on 6th March 2012.
The story on Sudar Oli, published on Page 7 notes,
An explosion in Killinochchi kills a boy: His sister sustains serious injuries
In the interview with CNN, Kohona explicitly notes to a question by the anchor, Monita Rajpal, whether the Sri Lankan Army is using cluster bombs, Continue reading »
