Lankan Army chief summoned over disappearance of 24 Tamils
A Sri Lankan court has summoned the country's Army chief Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake over the disappearance of 24 Tamils. Relatives of the missing persons claim they went missing after being arrested by security forces during the civil war in 1996. At least 1 lakh people died during the war between the government and LTTE from 1983 to 2009.