Sri Lanka president Sirisena pledges war crimes inquiry
Sri Lanka hopes to set up a domestic inquiry within a month into atrocities from the civil war, President Maithripala Sirisena has told the BBC.
He said UN investigators would not take part in the inquiry, but their views would be taken into account.
Mr Sirisena's predecessor Mahinda Rajapaksa consistently refused any co-operation with the UN.
The army and Tamil Tiger rebels were both accused of atrocities in the 26-year war, which ended in 2009.
Between 80,000 and 100,000 people are estimated to have died in the conflict.
In the final months, many thousands of Tamil civilians are thought to have been killed in government shelling.
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