Attacks in Sri Lanka. Three children of Danish billionaire among victims

Attacks on Easter Sunday targeting hotel churches in Sri Lanka left 290 dead and 500 injured. Among the victims, the children of Danish billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen at the head of a ready-to-wear group. Several dozen foreigners perished in the attacks, including a Frenchman.

Three of the four children of Anders Holch Povlsen, considered Denmark’s richest man , perished in the Sri Lankan bombings on Sunday (April 21), a spokesperson for the Povlsen clothing company said on Monday. The spokesperson did not provide details, the Danish press reporting that the family was on vacation in Sri Lanka during the attacks.

“We ask to respect the privacy of the family and we have no further comments,” Jesper Stubkier, communications manager at Bestseller, told AFP. No indication was given on the age of the victims.

The 46-year-old Povlsen owns clothing company Bestseller, which has brands like Vero Moda and Jack & Jones, is a majority shareholder in online sales company Asos and owns stakes in Zalando. According to Forbes magazine, Povlsen owns more than 1% of Scotland’s land. His fortune is estimated at $ 7.9 billion according to the American magazine Forbes.

24 people arrested in connection with the investigation

A total of eight explosions hit Sri Lanka on Sunday. In a few hours, bombs sowed death and desolation in four hotels and three churches, in full Easter Mass, in several places of the South Asian island, which had not known such an outburst of violence since the end of the civil war ten years ago.

According to a new official report announced Monday, 290 people were killed and 500 others injured. Several dozen foreigners have been killed in this country popular with tourists for its idyllic beaches and verdant nature. On Monday, the police announced that they had arrested 24 people.

Authorities have blamed the wave of suicide attacks on local Islamist group National Thowheeth Jama’ath (NTJ), which has not yet claimed responsibility, however.

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