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Sri Lankan troops fire on refugees
Melbourne Age - September 28, 2009
Colombo – Sri Lankan soldiers have opened fire to prevent dozens of war-displaced civilians from escaping a refugee camp where they have been detained in the island's north, the military says.
Inmates at the Manik farm camp pelted stones at soldiers and tried to break free on Saturday night, military spokesman Udaya Nanayakkara said. "The army fired in self-defence," he said yesterday.
Local police said at least three people suffered gunshot injuries.
Around 250,000 people displaced by fighting between soldiers and Tamil Tiger separatists have been held in the state-run camps since the rebels were finally defeated in May.
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