Chemmani mass grave yields remains of 501 individuals

Human skeletal remains belonging to 501 individuals have been excavated from the mass grave near the Siththupaththu Cemetery in Chemmani, Jaffna, in what a historian described as the first instance in Sri Lanka where remains of more than 500 individuals have been recovered from a single site. Former Senior Professor of History at the University […]

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