and of that country's long running civil war but it is still struggling with the scars and the conflict left behind the war broke out in 1903 pitting the singhalese military against the toggle liberation tigers the tunnels were fighting for an independent state for this ethnic minority in may of 2009 the sri lankan military defeated thomas separatists but at a huge human cost it's believed that some $50000.00 fighters and over 100000 civilians were killed many of them tom else today some 20000 people are still missing their fates on know d.w. went to northern sri lanka where survivors have taken the search into their own hands. 10 years of demanding an answer do you have anything still doesn't know what happened to her missing daughter the war was winding down she says when masked men tore 16 year old jeromey from her arms and fled. there were did i let go of