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Health officials say that Army shelling is causing heavy causalities in the conflict zone. The Regional Director of health services Mullaitivu, Dr T Varatharaja said that the Sri lankan Army is continuously shelling in to the safe zone area. Dr T Varatharaja, said that fifty four civilians were killed and 165 patients wounded in shelling on Wednesday. Asked how he could identify the source of shelling the doctor said that the army was shelling from close vicinity to the hospital. Denying the claims of shelling in to the safe zone Defence Spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakara said the doctors in the area are spreading LTTE propaganda to bring the government to disrepute and now this has become their primary occupation. Neelapola massacre Meanwhile, five farmers were killed and two others wounded on Tuesday night. The attack was blamed on the Tamil Tigers by the Defence spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakara. He said that the killing took place at Neelapola, a village at Kantale in the Trincomalee district. “They were attacked by the LTTE while protecting their paddy fields” said Brigadier Nanayakara. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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India's frustration with Sri Lanka over Tamils