Incident
When the bodies were discovered the town of Muttur had come under the control of the government forces. There was fierce fighting between government forces and rebel LTTE forces the previous week prior to the discovery of the bodies.
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“What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?”
—Henry James (1843–1916)
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