2. Conflict: Health problems and shelled hospitals in North Sri Lanka
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(CNN) -- International humanitarian aid agencies called Monday for increased access to the "nightmarish situation" in northern
4. Sri Lana is living a "nightmarish" situation, begging for hospitals and medical help after being shelled. Sarah Crowe of UNICEF said that they will be arriving shortly with help. IN the past 3 days, more than 200 civilians (including 30 children) were wounded by the attacks. On Thursday, the U.N workers recued 155 critically injured people. Also, they are suffering for clean water, sanitation and food, what is creating a crisis. The Tamil Tigers, have been fighting since 198
3 for independent homeland and have left more than 70,000 people dead.
5. The president of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa, is trying to eliminate the Tamil Tigers, a known terrorist/rebel group. This is taking lives of civilians, and as a consecuence Sri Lanka has lots of war wounded people, (mostly civilians) inculing a large amount of children under age and adults. Different hospitals were shelled, leaving people that need medical treatment dying. The UN said that they will shortly arrive with help within a couple days.
6. The roots of the conflict are that they have been having problems with the Tamil Tigers (Part of the island's minority Tamils, an ethnic group that has lived on the island for centuries since their ancestors came over from southern India and known as a rebel group). The government began trying to suppress the Tamil Tigers in the north and east while the Tigers launched terrorist attacks in the capital of Colombo and elsewhere.
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a) Who is involved in the conflict?
Civilian people incuding children and adults.
b) Where is it happening?
In the hospitals of the North part of Sri Lanka.
c) When did it happen and how long has it been going on?
Hospitals began to be shelled since Febuary 3rd of this year and until today.
