Another Massacre in Kabithigollawa (Update)

16 Male Bodies Were Found in Hijrapura.

(January 24, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Sixteen bodies were found from two garbage dumps at Hijrapura village in Kebithigollewa today evening, Kebithigollewa police said.

A cattle herdsman tipped off the police following the detection of a human body and hand sticking out of a mass burial ground adjacent to the Kebitigollewa GS Division's town waste dump.

“All of victims are male”, were according to civil sources in the area.

10 bodies were buried in one large pit and another six buried in an adjacent pit. All bodies had hands tied behind and killed execution-style. The mass burial maybe as old as 10 days, a source added.

Although LTTE is known to infiltrate Kebitigollewa through Gonamariyawa and other weak points, it is uncharacteristic of them to assassinate people like this and bury them in mass graves. However, anything is possible at the rate of recent civilian killings experienced in these areas.

Further investigations are continuing