MONDAY, 11 FEBRUARY 2013
During the 88/89 terror period the Army commander in charge of Matale District was the present Secretary to the Ministry of Defense Gotabhaya Rajapaksa says Deputy Minister of Higher Education Nandimithra Ekanayake.
He said the JVP was attempting to attack the president stating the mass grave found at Matale Hospital premises belonged to 88/89 period and he as the only MP from the opposition during that period would like to say that the grave doesn't belong to that period. The Deputy Minister said the JVP talks a lot about the grave to attack a senior official of the government.
Meanwhile, the JVP Parliamentarians Anura Dissanayake speaking at a media conference on the mass grave at Matale had said the excavating team had found that the grave belonged to the 88/89 period and those responsible for the killings are in the government.
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Matale Mass Grave:arms and legs appear to have been severed and the bodies buried in a haphazard manner
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2013
The skeletal remains found in the mass grave at the Matale Hospital premises do not belong to people who had died due to natural causes, as their arms and legs appear to have been severed and the bodies buried in a haphazard manner, a senior police official said.
According to a Judicial Medical Officer (JMO), who was part of the excavation team at the site, the grave shows signs of mass killings, but it is yet to be determined the time period the killings had taken place. He also said the remains may need to be sent to the US for further analysis. However, archaeological investigations have revealed the skeletal remains are not older than 100 years.
Politburo member of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), Anura Kumara Dissanayake, claimed recently the remains in the mass grave belong to the youth killed during the 88-89 insurrection.
By Gihan Kamalesh Weerasinghe
Courtesy - Ceylon Today
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According to a Judicial Medical Officer (JMO), who was part of the excavation team at the site, the grave shows signs of mass killings, but it is yet to be determined the time period the killings had taken place. He also said the remains may need to be sent to the US for further analysis. However, archaeological investigations have revealed the skeletal remains are not older than 100 years.
Politburo member of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), Anura Kumara Dissanayake, claimed recently the remains in the mass grave belong to the youth killed during the 88-89 insurrection.
By Gihan Kamalesh Weerasinghe
Courtesy - Ceylon Today
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