Three children of Danish billionaire killed in Sri Lanka attacks

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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark’s richest man Anders Holch Povlsen and his wife lost three of their four children in the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka, a spokesman for Povlsen’s fashion firm said on Monday.

The spokesman declined to give any further details but Danish media said the family had been on holiday in Sri Lanka.

A string of bombings at churches and luxury hotels across Sri Lanka killed 290 people and wounded about 500 in Sunday’s attacks. A senior investigator said on Monday that seven suicide bombers had taken part in the attacks.

Povlsen is the owner of fashion firm Bestseller, which includes brands like Vero Moda and Jack & Jones, and is the majority stakeholder in online retailer Asos while also holding a big stake in Zalando.

He owns more than 1 percent of all the land in Scotland, according to Forbes.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sri-lanka-blasts-denmark/three-children-of-danish-billionaire-killed-in-sri-lanka-attacks-idUSKCN1RY0IB

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[Baconator]

1. A real shame...

[still_one]

2. Those assholes were killing anything associated with the West and Christianity

[ck4829]

4. Every action has a reaction

The collective West and Christianity needs to do some major soul searching after supporting politicide and mass murder through things like Operation Iraqi Liberation and letting white nationalist killers proliferate.

[Baconator]

5. So... what does that have to do with these bombings and these dead kids?

[still_one]

7. If you were wise you would self-delete this post. NOTHING justifies the killing of innocents, and

the implication that these terrorists were justified in doing what they did, is outrageous

[malaise]

10. Do you remember when some Xtian military put bible quotes on rockets

and when George Bush called it a crusade.

There are lots of guilty folks here - on all sides.

Great post

[marble falls]

3. A real shame but no more a shame than the almost 300 nameless others murder with them.

[MineralMan]

6. What are the names of the other victims? What are their stories?

Are a billionaire's children the only ones worthy of mention? I'm sorry they died, and hope the family can get through this, but, what of the others? Have they no names?

[still_one]

8. Come on MM. This is mentioned specifically because he is public figure. They do this in

any disaster if a well known person is killed.

Over 300 died in this terrorist act.

Well the other victims be named. I have no doubt they will, when they sort it all out.

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. Not many get named to the media, unless relatives want it, but here's some:

Shantha Mayadunne, a Sri Lankan celebrity chef

Four servers at the Cinnamon Grand hotel
They have been identified only as Shantha, Sanjeewani, Ibrahim and Nisthar.

Three staff members at the Shangri-La

Rasina, 58, from the Indian state of Kerala

Five Indians from a political party
Two of the victims were identified by city officials as K G Hanumantharayappa and M Rangappa.

Turkish engineers Serhan Selcuk Narici and Yigit Ali Cavus

Two Australians from one family

The grandson of Bangladeshi MP Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim

Dieter Kowalski from the US state of Colorado

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-48002169

[still_one]

11. Exactly muriel. That is the way it is in most disasters. Also, public figures are usually named

[cwydro]

13. Very sad for all.

This world is frightening.

[malaise]

12. Nearly 300 others - mostly Sri Lankans

[MineralMan]

14. Yes. A horrible tragedy based on religious differences.

Deplorable on many levels.

[malaise]

15. What terrifies me is the planning

This was a dastardly act.

[MineralMan]

16. Yes. Similar plans are no doubt

in the works for other areas. For example, the militia group that was kidnapping migrants at the New Mexico border planned their action carefully. Fortunately, there were no casualties this time.

Terrorism can come from any direction or conflict, sadly. We become aware of it only when planning goes undetected and an attack is carried out.

[malaise]

17. Until all the terrorists (including some of our governments and their goons) are locked up

this planet is in grave danger

[mahatmakanejeeves]

18. Adding link:

Danish retail billionaire loses 3 children in Sri Lanka attacks
By Ivana Kottasová and Nada Bashir, CNN Business

Updated 8:28 AM ET, Mon April 22, 2019