Sri Lanka, Feb. 16 -- The results of the radiocarbon dating tests carried out by a lab in the U.S. on the bone samples recovered from the mass grave in Mannar were received early this morning (16), according to Dr Saminda Rajapaksa, the Judicial Medical Officer who is in charge of the excavations.
He said that samples from the skeletal remains of six humans were sent to Beta Analytics which is based in Miami, Florida and that the reports for five of them have been received.
He stated that the relevant reports will be presented to the Mannar Magistrate's Court on Wednesday (20) before they are released to the media.
Dr Rajapaksa stated that they expect the results of the other sample to arrive soon as well.
The mass grave in the former w...