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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – A Sri Lankan health official says the civilian death toll from a massive artillery barrage overnight in the island's northern war zone has risen to 378.
V. Shanmugarajah, a physician working in the war zone says the bodies of 378 people had been brought to the makeshift hospital that he runs by Sunday afternoon. He says 1,122 more people have been wounded.
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