Sri Lanka-Tamil kids reported abducted

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, May 21 (UPI) -- Some children in camps for people displaced by Sri Lanka's Tamil rebel conflict have been abducted, international human rights groups say.

The groups have told the BBC they have verified reports of disappearances in the Vavuniya area and are calling for the United Nations to investigate.

Tens of thousands of children were among those displaced in the recent fighting, many finding themselves in government-run refugee camps.

Suspected former Tamil Tiger child soldiers are said to have been removed by paramilitaries for questioning.

A Sri Lankan military spokesman denied the allegations.