The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) called for medical facilities to be established in order to deal with shrapnel injuries.
Stating that over 1000 Tamils were living with shrapnel embedded into their bodies as a result of bomb blasts in Vavuniya and Jaffna, the TNA MP Shivasakthi Ananthan called on the government to take action.
He added that 113 were students, the Daily Mirror reported.
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