A video grab shows thousands of people the military said fled an area held controlled by the Tamil Tiger separatists in northeastern Sri Lanka on April 20, 2009. Sri Lanka on Monday gave the Tamil Tigers 24 hours to surrender after thousands of civilians fled the war zone when troops breached an earthen fortification blocking their exit route, the military said. The Tigers have said people are staying on their own, although countless witnesses who have fled said the rebels shot at those those who tried to get out.
In this photograph released by the Sri Lankan military April 20, 2009 shows what the army says are thousands of people fleeing an area held controlled by the Tamil Tiger separatists in northeastern Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka on Monday gave the Tamil Tigers 24 hours to surrender or die after troops breached a huge earthen defence and unleashed an exodus of tens of thousands of civilians held there by the rebels, the military said.
In this photograph released by the Sri Lankan military April 20, 2009 shows what the army says are thousands of people fleeing an area held controlled by the Tamil Tiger separatists in northeastern Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka on Monday gave the Tamil Tigers 24 hours to surrender or die after troops breached a huge earthen defence and unleashed an exodus of tens of thousands of civilians held there by the rebels, the military said.
In this photograph released by the Sri Lankan military April 20, 2009 shows what the army says are thousands of people fleeing an area held controlled by the Tamil Tiger separatists in northeastern Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka on Monday gave the Tamil Tigers 24 hours to surrender or die after troops breached a huge earthen defence and unleashed an exodus of tens of thousands of civilians held there by the rebels, the military said.
In this photograph released by the Sri Lankan military April 20, 2009 shows what the army says are thousands of people fleeing an area held controlled by the Tamil Tiger separatists in northeastern Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka on Monday gave the Tamil Tigers 24 hours to surrender or die after troops breached a huge earthen defence and unleashed an exodus of tens of thousands of civilians held there by the rebels, the military said.
In this photograph released by the Sri Lankan military April 20, 2009 shows what the army says is thousands of people fleeing an area held controlled by the Tamil Tiger separatists in northeastern Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka on Monday gave the Tamil Tigers 24 hours to surrender or die after troops breached a huge earthen defence and unleashed an exodus of tens of thousands of civilians held there by the rebels, the military said
In this photograph released by the Sri Lankan military April 20, 2009 shows what the army says are thousands of people fleeing an area by boats from a beach controlled by the Tamil Tiger separatists in northeastern Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka on Monday gave the Tamil Tigers 24 hours to surrender or die after troops breached a huge earthen defence and unleashed an exodus of tens of thousands of civilians held there by the rebels, the military said.
Injured civilians are seen in a make-shift hospital in this photograph released by the pro-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) group "Mercy Mission to Vanni" April 20, 2009 showing what they say are wounded that were fleeing from an area still controlled by the LTTE in the "No Fire Zone" near the village of Putumatalan in Puthukkudiyirippu, northeastern Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan government has repeatedly accused the LTTE and its sympathisers of trying to manufacture a civilian crisis to build international pressure on a cease-fire, especially when the Tigers are suffering military defeats. The military have repeatedly denied shelling the "No Fire Zone". The Sri Lankan government gave the Tamil Tigers 24 hours to surrender or die after troops breached a huge earth defence and unleashed an exodus of tens of thousands of civilians held there by the rebels, the military said on Monday. Sri Lanka's quarter-century separatist war has come down to a tiny strip of coastline, where the LTTE are making a last stand while urging a ceasefire to protect civilians they have refused to free.
Nurses check the bandage on a young Tamil boy as he sits on a bed with a head-wound in a hospital near the city of Anuradhapura in northern Sri Lanka April 21, 2009. The hospital said the boy was evacuated to the hospital after fleeing from an area still controlled by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the 'No Fire Zone'.
A young Tamil boy sits on a bed with a bandaged head-wound in a hospital near the city of Anuradhapura in northern Sri Lanka April 21, 2009. The hospital said the boy was evacuated to the hospital after fleeing from an area still controlled by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the 'No Fire Zone'.
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