Amnesty condemns attack on Sri Lankan school

Human rights group Amnesty International has denounced the shelling of a school by Sri Lanka’s military as a senior Tamil Tiger rebel said 60 civilians had been killed in the artillery attack.

Scores of civilians had taken refuge from fighting between the army and Tamil guerrillas in the school inside rebel-controlled eastern Sri Lanka when it was hit yesterday, said senior rebel official Seevaratnam Puleedevan.