COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, APRIL 19, SPA -- THE BODIES OF FIVE SLAIN TAMIL CIVILIANS WERE FOUND IN NORTHERN SRI LANKA WEDNESDAY, WHILE TWO SAILORS WERE WOUNDED WHEN AN ANTI-PERSONNEL MINE EXPLODED, POLICE AND NAVY OFFICIALS SAID. THE BODIES OF THE CIVILIANS WERE RECOVERED IN JAFFNA, 300 KILOMETERS (185 MILES) NORTH OF THE CAPITAL, COLOMBO, AREA POLICE OFFICER W.G. RANASINGHE SAID. THE IDENTITY OF THE ASSAILANTS AND THE MOTIVE BEHIND THE KILLINGS WAS IMMEDIATELY UNKNOWN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTED. IN A SEPARATE INCIDENT, TWO SAILORS WERE WOUNDED IN AN ANTI-PERSONNEL MINE ATTACK IN NORTHWESTERN MANNAR DISTRICT WEDNESDAY, NAVY SPOKESMAN, COMMANDER, D.K.P. DASSANAYAKE SAID. THE SAILORS WERE FILLING A WATER TRUCK WHEN THE MINEEXPLODED, DASSANAYAKE. "THE INFORMATION WE HAVE SAYS TWO OF OUR MEN WEREWOUNDED," DASSANAYAKE SAID. THE INCIDENTS COME AS NORWAY’S PEACE ENVOY JONHANSSEN-BAUER MET SRI LANKA’S PRIME MINISTER RATNASIRIWICKRAMANAYAKE IN AN EFFORT TO SAVE AN OSLO-BROKEREDCEASE-FIRE THAT HAS COME UNDER THREAT BECAUSE OF FREQUENT VIOLENCE. --SPA 1213 Local Time 0913 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/354672
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