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Infants, toddlers among 583 remains recovered from Sri Lanka mass grave

The Chemmani site has been linked to allegations that Tamil civilians who disappeared after government forces retook Jaffna were killed and secretly buried.

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Aug 24, 2026
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After 110 days of digging, a mass grave excavation in northern Sri Lanka has uncovered 583 sets of human remains, including those of babies and children.

The discovery at the Chemmani site, near Jaffna, comes nearly three decades after allegations emerged that security forces killed and secretly buried hundreds of Tamil ci…

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