<p>The excavation of human skeletons at the mass grave site in Mannar resumed yesterday, after ten days of suspended activity. </p>
<p>In total, 280 sets of human remains have been recovered, including 274 full skeletons and twenty-one skeletons of children. As well as signs of torture, observers had been disturbed by the discovery of bones bound by metal.</p>
<p>The findings have raised fresh concerns over the fate of forcibly disappeared Tamils.</p>
<p>Last month some of the remains were sent for carbon dating in Florida, USA. </p>
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