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Refugees injured after clash with military in northern Sri Lanka
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 27 - 09 - 2009


Three Tamils were injured Sunday following a clash
between war-displaced refugees and Sri Lankan government troops in
the country's north, according to a military spokesman quoted by dpa.
The three Tamil refugees, among thousands displaced in fighting
between Tamil rebels and government forces earlier this year, were
shot by army personnel during the fighting. There were differing
accounts of how the fighting began.
According to the military spokesman, refugees threw a hand grenade
and stones at troops guarding a refugee camp in Cheddikluam,
Vavuniya, 240 kilometres north of the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo
Saturday night.
Military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said that the
situation was brought under control after reinforcements arrived.
But a Tamil politician based in the area claimed that troops had
opened fire upon a group of refugees who had gone out of the camp to
look for firewood to cook their meals because, they say, the
government has stopped giving them cooked food.
Tamil National Alliance Member of Parliament Shivashakthi Anandan
said troops had opened fire upon the group as they tried to creep
through the fence surrounding the camp.
Some 240,000 displaced persons are being held at welfare centres
in the north of Sri Lanka until they are allowed to return to their
homes.
UN agencies and opposition political parties in Sri Lanka have
called upon the government to release the displaced persons and allow
them to resettle in their homes in the country's north. But the
government claims that work to remove landmines is not yet completed.
Refugees have also been calling for their early resettlement as
monsoon rains are expected next month, which could make the temporary
camps uninhabitable.
The military crushed the rebels of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil
Eelam after killing their leadership on May 18, ending a 26-year-old
conflict.


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