More bodies are being recovered each day from the site, which is already among the largest mass graves found in the country. In the second part, you have a collection of human skeletons which have been deposited in an informal way," said Professor Raj Somadeva, a forensic archaeologist from the University of Kelaniya near Colombo, who is leading a team of experts at the site. Tamil separatist groups including the Tamil Tigers have also been accused of atrocities against civilians and opposition fighters. The remains are assumed to have belonged to people who were killed during the country's recent civil war, which lasted 26 years and ended in 2009. Image copyright Human Rights Watch Image caption Both sides were accused of widespread atrocities in the conflict

Soon after the end of the conflict, some Tamils accused the rebels of firing at fleeing civilians on the beaches of north-eastern Mullaitivu district during the final days of the war. Image caption Forensic archaeologists were brought in after building workers unearthed human remains

Experts in northern Sri Lanka are trying to identify the remains of dozens of bodies in a mass grave in the country's former war zone. The 26-year war between troops and separatist Tamil rebels left at least 100,000 people dead, and many missing.
Forensic anthropologists from the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, report that more than 90 sets of human remains have been discovered near the town of Mannar. The mass grave is situated in an area that saw heavy fighting during the country's civil war.