The number of human skeletons recovered from the largest mass grave ever found in Sri Lanka has exceeded 450.
Lawyer Ranitha Gnanarajah, who is representing victims of enforced disappearances in the North, told journalists that the bones of 454 people have already been recovered from the 92-day excavations carried out in three phases from May 15 last year to date.
A skeleton buried in a cross legged position partly unearthed on Sunday is yet to be totally recovered, she added.
On July 20, the 38th day of the third phase of excavations, two of the eight newly recovered human skeletons from the mass grave were of young children. The number of human skeletons recovered yesterday is 6. (Newswire)