Sri Lankan ethnic Tamils carry an injured man (C) while Sri Lankan
government soldiers look on during an attack on Muslim villagers in
Muttur, 230 kilometers (140 miles) northeast of Colombo April 18, 2003.
Trouble had been brewing between the Tamils and Muslims since the March
31 disappearance of two Muslim residents allegedly abducted and killed
by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Tamil rebels, denying any
involvement in the attack blamed it on the unidentified people opposed
to the peace process. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi

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