Fears hundreds of civilians killed in Sri Lanka war

INTERNATIONAL truce monitors have warned it is likely hundreds of civilians have been killed so far this month in Sri Lanka’s worst violence since a 2002 ceasefire.

Yesterday, the military said Tamil Tiger rebels launched a new attack on the besieged northern Jaffna peninsula yesterday. The military said the Tigers had attacked with assault boats and infantry but had been repulsed and 100 rebels were killed.

Analysts say the ceasefire appears dead and that a civil war that has already killed more than 65,000 has resumed. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are fighting for a separate homeland for minority Tamils.