Inside Sri Lanka's no-fire zone: death and destruction

A water spout, which Tamils claim was probably caused by artillery or airstrikes in the last territory held by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in northern Sri Lanka Photograph: Dr Thangamutha Sathiyamoorthy

Several air attacks were reported this morning Photograph: Dr Thangamutha Sathiyamoorthy

Britain's foreign secretary, David Miliband, and the French foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, are due to arrive in Colombo tomorrow in an attempt to solve the crisis Photograph: Dr Thangamutha Sathiyamoorthy

Dead bodies lie next to a crater in the no-fire zone Photograph: Dr Thangamutha Sathiyamoorthy

Journalists and humanitarian staff have been denied independent access to the no-fire zone to verify claims about the number of deaths Photograph: Dr Thangamutha Sathiyamoorthy

Dr Thangamutha Sathiyamoorthy, who took these photographs, says five patients at his improvised hospital were killed and one member of staff was injured in an attack this morning Photograph: Dr Thangamutha Sathiyamoorthy

Tamils claim this building was damaged in the government's battle against the Tamil Tigers in northern Sri Lanka Photograph: Dr Thangamutha Sathiyamoorthy