Tamils kill 35
NZPA-Reuter Colombo Tamil guerrillas shot and hacked to death 35 civilians of Sri Lanka’s majority Sinhalese community in an attack on a village on Monday night, military sources said. Guerrillas armed with guns, swords and knives stormed Borawewa in the north-central province, the sources said, adding they suspected the rebels belonged to the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (L.T.T.E.). The sources said 16 more bodies were found in the jungle yesterday morning after initial police reports said 19 had been killed in the attack. Police said there were about 30 attackers.
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