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Vol. 5 Num 1054 Sun. May 20, 2007  
   
International


5 family members massacred in Lanka


Five family members, including two boys aged four and eight, were hacked to death yesterday in a town just outside the Sri Lankan capital in what police said may have been a family feud.

Unidentified attackers killed KW Tillakaratne, 36, his wife, their two children and the children's aunt at Delgoda, about 40km northeast of here, police said.

"It is difficult to imagine that anyone can kill children like this," a crime scene police officer told reporters. "We are trying to establish a motive. It is most likely some sort of a deep family feud."