CHEMMANI, Sri Lanka (AP) — A baby bottle, a squeaky toy and a schoolbag are among items that have surfaced from a mass grave site in Sri Lanka’s formerly war-torn northern region, along with 141 human skeletons including some that appear to be of children of different ages.
The identities of the dead and the cause and timing of their deaths are all unclear. But many think the victims whose remains were uncovered in the Chemmani area could be civilians who disappeared during Sri Lanka’s civil war. The war, which broke out in 1983, pitted government forces against ethnic Tamil rebels who fought to create an independent homeland for the minority group. The conflict ended in 2009.
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