The Regional Director of health services Mullaithivu Dr T Varatharaja said that the Sri lankan Army is continuously shelling in to the safe zone area.
Dr T Varatharaja, said that 165 patients wounded from the fighting have been admitted to the hospital while 54 civilian deaths have been reported.
Asked how he could identify the source of shelling the doctor said that the army is shelling from close vicinity to the hospital.
Denying the claims of shelling in to the safe zone Defence Spokesman brigadier udaya Nanayakara said the the doctors in the area are spreading LTTE propaganda to bring the government to disrepute and now this has become their primey occupation.
Neelapola
Meanwhile five farmers were killed and two others were 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 looking after their paddy fields” said Brigadier Nanayakara.
Source :- BBC
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