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EX500rider

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9. They revised it down a 100, to "about 253"

Reply to Blue_playwright (Reply #7)

Thu Apr 25, 2019, 02:39 PM

Apr 2019

Sri Lanka has revised down the death toll from Sunday's blasts by more than 100, to "about 253", the health ministry says.

It has blamed a calculation error.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48059328

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They revised it down a 100, to "about 253" EX500rider Apr 2019 #9