Sri Lanka pleads for international aid
UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon said he was sending a mission of experts to assess the deteriorating situation. He said the team will be tasked to “monitor the situation and support humanitarian assistance”.
Some 350 wounded and their accompanying relatives were evacuated by the Red Cross to a hospital outside the war zone on Wednesday, according to Red Cross spokeswomen Sarasi Wijeratne. Another evacuation was taking place yesterday, she said. Before those missions, she estimated 1,000 people in the conflict zone were badly wounded and in desperate need of treatment.
