Christians in Sri Lanka Subject to Greater Violence

(14 March 08-RV) The Sri Lankan military said today that gunbattles between government soldiers and Tamil Tiger rebels across Sri Lanka's embattled north have killed 28 guerrillas. Reports of battles have increased in recent months amid government promises to capture the rebels' de facto state in the north and to crush the group by the end of the year. Christian Solidarity Worldwide Spokesperson Ben Rogers says that Christians in particular are facing a dramatic increase in violence.