Sri Lankan police found evidence that An-24 was shot down by rebels in March 2000

A An-24, chartered by the Sri Lanka military, crashed in March 2000 shortly after take-off. Local police have found two suspects who confessed to shooting it down with two missiles.

Parts from the missile launchers were recovered from a forest near the crash site.

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