Nurse killed in Udaiyaarkaddu hospital, ICRC staff wounded in PTK

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) fired artillery shells on both the hospitals in Vanni again on Monday. A nurse who was attending a wounded patient at Udaiyaarkaddu makeshift hospital (Ki’linochchi hospital) was killed when 3 shells hit the hospital. 10 civilians, including ICRC/SLRC staff stationed in the vicinity of Puthukkudiyiruppu (PTK), were wounded, according to a civilian source. Hospital authorities were unreachable to verify the details.


No one was able to transport the wounded to hospitals as the roads and the area surrounding hospitals have come under continuous artillery fire.

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