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        "msgid": "jaffna-rape-troops-arrested-1447893297",
        "date": "2001-07-13 00:00:00",
        "title": "Jaffna rape troops arrested",
        "author": null,
        "source": "REUTERS",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Jaffna rape troops arrested COLOMBO (Reuters): Sri Lanka's army said on Thursday two soldiers have been arrested on suspicion of raping a woman from the Tamil minority. The army also retracted allegations the crime had been committed by Tamil Tiger guerrillas. The victim, a 42-year-old resident of the Meesalai area in the northern Jaffna peninsula, was raped last Saturday by \"armed men in military fatigues\", according to police reports.",
        "content": "<p>Jaffna rape troops arrested<\/p>\n<p>COLOMBO (Reuters): Sri Lanka's army said on Thursday two<br>\nsoldiers have been arrested on suspicion of raping a woman from<br>\nthe Tamil minority.<\/p>\n<p>The army also retracted allegations the crime had been<br>\ncommitted by Tamil Tiger guerrillas.<\/p>\n<p>The victim, a 42-year-old resident of the Meesalai area in the<br>\nnorthern Jaffna peninsula, was raped last Saturday by \"armed men<br>\nin military fatigues\", according to police reports.<\/p>\n<p>\"It appears that two soldiers at a nearby army checkpoint<br>\ncould have been involved in the incident and they have been<br>\nhanded over to the police,\" said military spokesman Brig. Sanath<br>\nKarunaratne.<\/p>\n<p>A pro-rebel web site said on Monday the rape had been carried<br>\nout by a group of soldiers who beat up the victim's 82-year-old<br>\nmother when she tried to prevent the attack.<\/p>",
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