All Stakeholders Meeting To Be Held Tomorrow To Make Final Decision On Further Excavation At Mannar Mass Grave Site

An all stakeholders meeting will be held tomorrow to make a final decision on the excavation at the Mannar mass grave site. 

The meeting will include Judicial Medical Officers, representatives from the Office of Missing Persons (OMP) and representatives of the families of the disappeared. 

The six bone samples from the Mannar mass grave have been identified as belonging to the period from 1499 - 1719, according to the carbon dating carried out by the Beta Analytic Lab in Florida, USA. 

The results of radiocarbon dating of the 6 samples from the mass grave site at the Sathosa building in Mannar were submitted to the Mannar Magistrate by the Judicial Medical Officer. 

With the outcome of the carbon dating test, authorities are now compelled to make a final decision on the further excavation at the site.