Sri Lanka says up to 5000 civilians died in Tigers battle - guardian.co.uk



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<img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;Sri Lanka says up to 5000 civilians died in Tigers battle

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A senior Sri Lankan official today estimated the civilian death toll from the last stages of the war with the Tamil Tigers as 3000 to 5000 and defended the use of mortars in a government-designated "no-fire zone".

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