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The UK is advising against all but essential travel to Sri Lanka after the Easter Sunday bombings in which more than 350 people died.The UK is advising against all but essential travel to Sri Lanka after the Easter Sunday bombings in which more than 350 people died.
The Foreign Office says terrorists are very likely to try to carry out indiscriminate attacks there, including in places visited by foreigners.The Foreign Office says terrorists are very likely to try to carry out indiscriminate attacks there, including in places visited by foreigners.
Eight Britons are known to be among those killed in the attacks on churches and hotels in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, Negombo and Batticaloa.
More than 500 people were injured.
BBC diplomatic correspondent James Robbins said the government was now talking to the travel industry about helping the 8,000 British tourists believed to be in Sri Lanka if they decide they want to cut short their visits.
The Foreign Office has issued advice to any Britons in Sri Lanka:
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said he hoped to be able to be able to change the advice once the current security operation had concluded.
"My first priority will always be the security of British citizens living and travelling abroad.
"We all hope the situation will return to normal very soon, and that the Sri Lankan tourism industry is able to get back on its feet following the terrorist attacks.
"We will do all we can to help the Sri Lankan authorities in the meantime," he added.
Among the victims of Sunday's bombings were Anita Nicholson and her children Annabel, 11, and Alex, 14, who were visiting Sri Lanka on holiday from their home in Singapore.
Dr Sally Bradley and William Harrop were also on holiday from western Australia where they were living.
London siblings Daniel, 19, and Amelie Linsey, 15, died after their father tried to rescue them from one of the bombings.
And IT director Lorraine Campbell, 55, from Greater Manchester, was staying at Colombo's Cinnamon Grand Hotel on a business trip when she died.
A team of family liaison officers has been sent to Sri Lanka to support the families of British victims and help repatriate the deceased.
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