The Sri Lankan military has a significant presence in the port city of Trincomalee, but residents are still fearful of rebels who may be hiding in the countryside. (Thomas Fuller/International Herald Tribune)UN Says Tigers Killing Civilians In Sri Lanka War Zone -- AFP
COLOMBO (AFP) — Tamil Tiger guerrillas have prevented tens of thousands of civilians from leaving Sri Lanka's war zone and those trying to escape have been "shot and sometimes killed," the United Nations said Monday.
The rebels are holding non-combatants in the small patch of coastal jungle in the northeast of the island where they have been cornered by government forces, it added.
"A growing number of people trying to leave have been shot and sometimes killed," the UN office here said in a statement, adding the Tigers were also recruiting child soldiers as young as 14 years old.
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