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Hurt, Tigers silence guns in Sri Lanka

China Daily | Updated: 2009-05-18 07:44

COLOMBO: The Tamil Tiger rebels admitted defeat in their 25-year-old war with the Sri Lankan government yesterday, offering to lay down their guns as government forces swept across their last strongholds in the northeast.

The government rejected the last-ditch call for a ceasefire, saying the thousands of civilians trapped in the war zone all have escaped to safety and there was no longer any reason to stop the battle. The military said the remaining guerrillas were still fighting.

With a war that has killed well over 70,000 people nearing its end, Sri Lankans poured into the streets in spontaneous celebration. President Mahinda Rajapaksa scheduled a nationally televised news conference for tomorrow morning at Parliament, where he was expected to tell the nation the war was over.

Hurt, Tigers silence guns in Sri Lanka

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