The mother was screaming.РІР‚Сњ Watch: Sri Lanka's Killing Fields on 4OD As we were about to take them, one of the children was shot in the leg. РІР‚СљI saw a family, a mother and three children. So yes, I saw normal civilians getting killed with my own eyes. They were not Tiger cadres, just normal civilians. РІР‚СљThey were shooting when a large number of civilians were crossing through a lagoon, including women and children. A large number of elders were also killed. РІР‚СљI saw a lot of small children, who were so innocent, getting killed in large numbers. I have seen small children laying dead,РІР‚Сњ he continued.

I have witnessed all this with my own eyes. РІР‚СљThey shoot people at random, stab people, rape them, cut their tongues out, cut womenРІР‚в„ўs breasts off. Their hearts are like that of animals, with no sense of humanity,РІР‚Сњ Fernando tearfully recalled. РІР‚СљWhen I look at it as an outsider I think theyРІР‚в„ўre simply brutal beasts. More from Channel 4 News: Sri Lanka 'war crimes' soldiers ordered to 'finish the job' He told Channel 4 News that men, women, and children were actively targeted with small arms by government forces. He has risked his life as well as the lives of his family to speak out about the horrors he witnessed. РІР‚СљFernandoРІР‚Сњ was operating with Sri LankaРІР‚в„ўs 58 Division during the final assault. In the final stages of 26 years of civil war between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE, and better known as the Tamil Tigers), the United Nations estimated up to 40,000 civilians were killed. Over the last two years Channel 4 News has broadcast footage that the UN says constitutes РІР‚Сљcredible evidence of war crimesРІР‚Сњ in Sri Lanka. This report contains details some readers may find distressing.

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