Artillery shells – People for Equality and Relief in Lanka

Last hospital in Sri Lanka war zone evacuated

By pearlaction | February 3, 2009 |

[ AP ] Patients are fleeing a hospital that was hit four times by artillery shells in the war between the Tamil Tiger rebels and government forces in northern Sri Lanka this week, the Red Cross said Tuesday. Also Tuesday, the military said it had captured the rebels’ seventh and final airstrip, effectively grounding their…

Hospital shelled in Sri Lanka conflict

By pearlaction | February 1, 2009 |

[CNN] Artillery shells slammed into a hospital Sunday in the northern Sri Lankan district of Mullaitivu, where civilians — including a growing number of children — are being treated as government forces and Tamil rebels continue to clash. More than 200 civilians and at least 30 children have been injured in the last three days…