World

Aid workers found executed in Sri Lanka

15 local aid staff working on post-tsunami rebuilding have been found executed in northeast Sri Lanka after heavy fighting.

The Consortium for Humanitarian Agencies (CHA) said that one of the relief teams that reached the battered town of Mutur had found the corpses in an aid agency office.

'They found them in the office on the ground, lying face down, executed,' said CHA chief Jeevan Thiagarajah.   

Advertisement

He said it was not clear who had killed them. Mutur town has seen days of fighting between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels.

RTÉ News 24 hours a day

LIVE TV

Now:
Carmakers at Capitol Hill
14:40 Friday 5 December
Now:
The Afternoon Show
15:00 Friday 5 December
Next:
Seoige
16:25 Friday 5 December

Television Programmes

Radio Programmes

RTÉ.ie News Highlights

'Olympics' Of Science

Take a look at preparations for Dublin's tenure as European City of Science in 2012

Play

Online Orchestra

YouTube has launched a worldwide search for talented musicians to take part in an online symphony orchestra

Play

Real Or Artificial?

Discover more about the threat posed to the Irish Christmas tree industry by the artificial tree market

Play

Treasure Hunt

Explore the wreck of the White Star liner which sank in 1917 carrying gold bound for the US

Play

Face Facts

New research on worms reveals anti-oxidants don't slow down the ageing process. Find out more.

Play