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Patients die in Sri Lanka shelling

Source: al Jazeera

At least 16 people have been killed at a makeshift hospital in Sri Lanka's northern conflict zone after the facility was shelled, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said.

The 16 victims - all believed to be patients - died in the clinic in Putumattalan on Monday, Red Cross officials said on Tuesday.

The hospital - the last functioning health facility in the war zone - had been hit by mortar fire at least six times in just over a week.

The ICRC did not say who fired the latest shells in the area where both the army and rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are active.

Read more: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/02/200921133251440497.html

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