Excavation continues in Mannar after human bones found

29May 2018

Excavation continued at a construction site in Mannar yesterday after human bones were discovered earlier this month. 

Bones and teeth were recovered as police, military personnel and a Mannar judge observed. 

Excavation work is set to continue this week. 

Human bones were discovered at an excavation site on May 17 after work began to erect a new entrance way in the town. 

The bones were first discovered within sand that had been excavated from the site and sold on to local residents earlier this year. 

One resident who discovered bones he suspected of being human in origin, informed the police on March 26 of the finding. Officers visited his home and excavation work at the site was suspended pending further investigation. 

On Tuesday this week, a Mannar judge, police officers and forensic specialists visited the site and embarked on preliminary excavations of the site, revealing many more bones believed to be of human in origin. 

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