Sri Lanka attacks: 2 JD(S) workers dead, 5 remain untraceable

Team Udayavani, Apr 22, 2019, 11:55 AM IST

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Bengaluru: According to the latest reports, Two of the seven Janata Dal (Secular) leaders who were reportedly staying at Shangri-La Hotel in Sri Lanka’s Colombo, died in the serial bomb blasts that that rocked the island nation on Sunday, April 21.

The deceased are identified as KG Hanumantharayappa and M Rangappa.

Following the blast Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy in a tweet informed: “I am shocked to hear that a seven member team of JDS workers from Karnataka who were touring Colombo has gone missing aftermath the bomb blasts in #Colombo. Two of them are feared killed in the terror strike. I am in constant touch with the Indian High Commission on the where abouts of the missing”.

Iam shocked to hear that a 7-member team of JDS workers from Karnataka, who were touring Colombo,has gone missing after the bomb blasts in #colombo.Two of them are feared killed in the terrorstrike.Iam in constant touch withthe Indian HighCommission onthe reports of those missing

— H D Kumaraswamy (@hd_kumaraswamy) April 22, 2019

In another tweet, Kumaraswamy expressed his grief over their death and said, “External affairs Min. @SushmaSwaraj has confirmed the death of two Kannadigas, KG Hanumantharayappa and M Rangappa, in the bomb blasts in Colombo. I am deeply shocked at the loss of our JDS party workers, whom I know personally. We stand with their families in this hour of grief.”

External affairs Min. @SushmaSwaraj has confirmed the death of two Kannadigas,KG Hanumantharayappa and M Rangappa, in the bomb blasts in #Colombo.
I am deeply shocked at the loss of our JDS party workers, whom I know personally. We stand with their families in this hour of grief

— H D Kumaraswamy (@hd_kumaraswamy) April 22, 2019

Five people from India were confirmed dead and 25 unidentified bodies believed to be of foreign nationals is currently at the Colombo Judicial Medical Officer’s mortuary.

A string of eight devastating blasts, including suicide attacks, struck churches and luxury hotels frequented by foreigners in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing 290 people and shattering a decade of peace in the island nation since the end of the brutal civil war with the LTTE.