{
  "id": 927452,
  "title": "About 17,000 still missing in Sri Lanka, says OMP",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/about-17-000-still-missing-in-sri-lanka-says-omp",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-15T00:06:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Island Sri Lanka",
    "slug": "the-island-sri-lanka",
    "url": "http://island.lk/about-17000-still-missing-in-sri-lanka-says-omp/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Sri Lanka’s Office of Missing Persons (OMP) is handling almost 17,000 active cases of disappearances, while its database contains over 23,000 cases, PTI has reported, quoting OMP Chairman Mahesh Katulanda. Katulanda has said the figures include disappearances linked to the decades-long military conflict with the LTTE, which ended in 2009. “We are dealing with 23,352 […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Sri Lanka's missing persons commission handling nearly 17,000 active cases",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/sri-lankas-missing-persons-commission-handling-nearly-17-000-active",
        "published": "2026-08-14T06:26:30.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}