Attack on Sri Lanka war zone hospital

Artillery shells went through a hospital with wounded civilians in Sri Lanka's war zone for a second day Wednesday. This event killed at least 50 people. They forced the medical staff to huddle in bunkers for safety. That's what the doctors said. Health workers at the makeshift medical facility said they were so impressed by the crush of the wounded and the unrelenting shelling of the area they could do little but give gauze and bandages to the roughly 1,000 patients waiting for treatment. The strike on the hospital came as the government marched on with its offensive to destroy the Tamil Tiger rebels. It is also to end their quarter decade quest for a separate homeland. There has been a wave of artillery bombardments across the war zone. Itbegan over the weekend and has barely let up in five days. That's what the health workers said. The weekend attacks alone may have killed as many as 1,000 people. That's what doctors said. The government said its troops are not responsible for the shelling . They also said that the military has not fired heavy weapons in the area in weeks. This is all the information I could find.