Cluster bombs blast Sri Lanka's last working hospital

Cluster bombs hit the last functioning hospital in Sri Lanka’s northern war zone where Tamil Tiger rebels are fighting a last-gasp battle for survival, the United Nations said today.

Cluster bombs blast Sri Lanka's last working hospital

Cluster bombs hit the last functioning hospital in Sri Lanka’s northern war zone where Tamil Tiger rebels are fighting a last-gasp battle for survival, the United Nations said today.

It is the first time cluster bombs are known to have been used in the government’s push to defeat the Tamil Tigers since the collapse of a ceasefire in 2006.

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