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Australia mourns mother and 10-year-old daughter killed in Sri Lanka terror attacks

The Australian citizens were attending a service at the church in Negombo when they were tragically killed, a family friend has told SBS News.

แม่ลูกชาวออสเตรเลียเสียชีวิตในเหตุระเบิดโบสถ์ที่ศรีลังกา
ออสเตรเลียไว้อาลัย หลังแม่และลูกสาวสัญชาติออสเตรเลียเสียชีวิตในเหตุความไม่สงบที่ศรีลังกา Source: Supplied

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By Maani Truu

Presented by Tinrawat Banyat

Source: SBS World News



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The husband and father of the two Australians killed in Sunday's Sri Lankan terror attacks has described when the blast hit. 

Australian citizens Manik Suriyaaratchi and her 10-year-old daughter Alexendria were killed when a bomb went off inside the church in Negombo.

"I heard a huge noise and I jumped into the church and I saw that my wife and my daughter were on the floor," Sudesh Kolonne told the ABC.

"I just saw my daughter on the floor and I tried to lift her up, [but] she was already dead. And [then] exactly the same… next my wife is there."

You can read the full version of this story in English on SBS News here.


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