A video purportedly showing troops shooting blindfolded, naked Tamils in the final months of Sri Lanka’s civil war has revived calls for a war crimes investigation and cast a shadow over the upcoming presidential election.

Sri Lanka’s government said it is considering an amnesty for Tamil Tiger rebels who surrender – but not for leaders of the insurgency, which is facing defeat after 25 years of civil war.

SRI LANKA’S government said yesterday it is considering an amnesty for Tamil Tiger rebels who surrender – although not for leaders of the insurgency, which is facing defeat after 25 years of civil war.

The US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Robert Blake and his Italian counterpart were “slightly injured” when mortars fell near a helipad after their helicopter had landed in eastern Batticaloa, Sri Lankan officials said.

An international aid group said today it found the bodies of two more of its workers after discovering 15 others killed last week in Sri Lanka’s northeast, as a car bomb explosion outside a girls’ school left at least two people dead.