Family stumbles upon mass grave in garden
March 2, 2014 01:15 am
A family has stumbled upon the remains of at least nine bodies buried in the garden of their home, police said Saturday, the latest mass grave to be discovered in the country’s former war zone.
The family made
the grisly find on Friday while clearing out their garden in the town of
Puthukkudiririppu in the northern district of Mullaittivu, police spokesman
Ajith Rohana said.
“Remains of
nine people had been found so far and the skeletal remains were taken for
analysis by the judicial medical officer in the area,” Rohana told reporters.
The discovery
comes just days after officials raised the number of bodies found in December
in an unmarked mass grave in the adjoining district of Mannar to 80. (AFP)
