Sri Lanka is set to start a survey to determine the number of people killed during the country’s 26-year civil war, the government says.
The census will collect information on deaths, missing people and damage to property from 1983 to 2009, it said.
It comes amid international pressure over allegations of mass civilian deaths at the end of the conflict.
A Commonwealth summit held in Sri Lanka this month was overshadowed by claims of war crimes.
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