The Channel 4 news team , which was detained on Saturday , is heading back to its base in Bangkok , Thailand , ITN senior news management said . NEW : Army artillery also wounds 1,200 , aid worker says . 2,000 were ` ` or dead , '' many of them women and children , rebels said . Sri Lanka denies rebel claims that troops indiscriminately shelled no - fly zone . Government security troops fired into rebel - held areas .
NEW : Army artillery also wounds 1,200 , aid worker says . 2,000 were ` ` or dead , '' many of them women and children , rebels said . Sri Lanka denies rebel claims that troops indiscriminately shelled no - fly zone . Government security troops fired into rebel - held areas .