Photograph from US State Department report of “characteristic cluster bomb smoke cloud from a shelling on May 7 in Mullivaikkal". More cluster bombs hit No Fire Zone The Sri Lankan army launches cluster bombs inside the No Fire Zone, one of several such attacks in the last few months.
Photograph taken on May 6th 2009 inside the No Fire Zone. A US State Department report says that on the 6th of May, A local source reported that the remaining hospital facilities were continually hit by SLA shelling, even though their locations had been carefully reported to the government.
Despite Sri Lanka's Office of Mission Persons (OMP) failure to trace a single disappeared person, the office has launched an advert calling for a suitable individual to assist fact-finding missions.
Photograph: Inside the final conflict zone, pictured on May 5th 2009. As the Sri Lankan military continued its shelling of the No Fire Zone, the LTTE called on the international community to facilitate the delivery of urgent humanitarian aid.
A US State Department report noted a source inside the No Fire Zone as stating the Sri Lankan military was “engaged in daily shelling and bombing of the NFZ, killing an estimated minimum of 100 people per day”.