'People screaming, dead bodies all around': Survivor recalls chaos during deadly Sri Lanka blasts

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COLOMBO: An Australian tourist who survived the blasts in Sri Lanka on Sunday (Apr 21) that tore through multiple churches and hotels in the ...

The survivor, identified only as Sam, told Australia's 3AW radio that he and a travel partner were having breakfast at the Shangri-La hotel when two blasts went off.Advertisement

A British mother and son eating breakfast at the luxury Shangri-La hotel were among those killed, Britain's The Telegraph newspaper reported.Witness NA Sumanapala was near St Anthony's church when the blast happened. Gabriel, who declined to give his family name, said his brother was injured in the explosion, adding:"We don't want the country to go back to that dark past where we had to live in fear of suicide blasts all the time."at the hotel's restaurant.Map of attacks on hotels in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka had been at war for decades with Tamil separatists but extremist violence had been on the wane since the civil war ended 10 years ago.

 

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