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Article: Sri Lankan Jets Strike Anew at Rebel Targets; Buddhist Monks Seek President's Resignation; Demonstrators Storm Colombo Morgue
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- The Washington Post
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- April 24, 1987
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Hundreds of Tamils were reported fleeing areas of heavy
government air strikes in the Jaffna Peninsula today as the attacks
continued for the second day in the predominantly Tamil north of the
country.
Tamil leaders in Colombo expressed fears that violence could
engulf the Sri Lankan capital as demonstrators tried to storm the
city morgue and militant Buddhist monks demanded the resignation of
President Junius Jayewardene.
Government officials said the air strikes were in response to
Tuesday's bus station bombing in Colombo. Police today lowered their
original estimate of the number of people killed in that attack from
150 to 106.
The government has said Tamil militants were responsible ...