Evidence collected from bodies that were uncovered in a Mullaitivu mass grave earlier this year showed blast injuries, consistent with testimonies that the victims died from a shell attack, reported Al Jazeera.
The bodies of nine people were discovered in a mass grave, by Mullaitivu residents earlier this year. An ID card found on one the victims identified the bodies of Thiruchelvam Ramneswaram, along with his wife and seven members of her family.
Dr Sivaruban, the judicial medical officer who is overseeing the government’s exhumation of the bodies, stated that initial tests show the skeletons had blast injures, consistent with testimonies from the family and neighbours of the victims say that they died from a shell attack in 2009.
See the report from Al Jazeera, which includes testimony from family members of the victims, below.