The majority of the victims were Sri Lankan, many of them Christians worshiping at churches in three cities when bomb blasts splintered pews and collapsed ceilings.
By Katie Mettler and Katie Mettler Reporter covering breaking news and features Email Bio Follow Michael Brice-Saddler Michael Brice-Saddler General Assignment Reporter Email Bio Follow April 23 at 8:12 AM Ben Nicholson and his wife, Anita, were sitting down for breakfast with their two children when the bombs went off. The British family was on holiday in Sri Lanka, and had gone to the restaurant at the Shangri-La Hotel in Colombo.
On Monday, these tight communities spent hours gathered in front yards and crammed into small houses, mourning their dead.A State Department spokesman confirmed that four Americans had died and that “several” others were seriously injured. Reports have emerged describing victims from India, Japan, Bangladesh, Britain, Japan, Turkey and Australia as family and friends from those countries grieved.
“It is with great [sadness] and deep regret that as Dieter’s brother that I confirm that Dieter was among the victim’s that passed away in Sri Lanka,” Derrick Kowalski wrote on Facebook. “As we know that Dieter saw his friends as family, we would like to share our grief over this tragic incident.”Dieter Kowalski, a Wisconsin native working for the education publishing company Pearson, left Friday for a business trip to Colombo. “And the fun begins,” he wrote on Facebook. “Love these work trips.
Bangladesh’s Awami League spokesperson Mahmubul Alam Hanif confirmed Zyan’s death. His body is scheduled to be flown to Bangladesh on Wednesday. At St. Anthony’s Shrine in Colombo, the largest Roman Catholic congregation in the capital, 52-year-old Delicia Fernando was sitting toward the front of the sanctuary when an explosion tore open the room. She and the children survived, but her husband, Ravi, had been standing in the back of the church. They found him crushed under debris from the collapsed roof, his body pierced with shrapnel.
Shantha Mayadunne was the first chef to have a live TV cooking show in Sri Lanka, ABC Australia reported. She published two books and taught cooking classes and workshops. She also ran the Shantha Mayadunne School of Cooking Art, reported Gulf News.
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