Sri Lankan naval vessels sail past during theNational Military Victory Celebrations in Colombo. Photo AFP.
Sri Lanka Says Up To 5,000 Civilians Died In Tigers Battle -- The Guardian
A senior Sri Lankan official today estimated the civilian death toll from the last stages of the war with the Tamil Tigers as 3,000 to 5,000 and defended the use of mortars in a government-designated "no-fire zone".
Rajiva Wijesinha, permanent secretary in Sri Lanka's ministry of disaster management and human rights, rejected reports that 20,000 civilians were killed as the army overran the Tigers. He also rejected an unpublished UN report that 7,000 people had been killed by the end of April.
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