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| 28 Britons dead in Asia tsunami disaster |
| 2004-12-30 |
| At least 28 Britons have been confirmed dead in the tsunami that swept Asian coastlines last Sunday. A Foreign Office spokesman said that the latest figures showed 22 Britons as having died in Thailand, three in Sri Lanka and three in the Maldives. British officials have said that the toll among the country's nationals was likely to continue to rise, with hundreds injured in hospitals and countless others missing. David Fall, the British ambassador in Thailand, told the BBC that "deaths are in the twenties, injured in the hundreds. We know that because people are coming to hospitals." When asked about the numbers missing, Mr Fall replied: "It's very difficult to say. It may reach in the hundreds. It's very patchy. It's a jigsaw puzzle." The Association of British Travel Agents estimated that 10,000 Britons were vacationing near or in the devastated areas. Among the dead Britons is the 14-year-old granddaughter of actor and film director Richard Attenborough, who was staying with her family in the Thai resort of Phuket. The teenager's mother, Sir Attenborough's daughter, was missing and presumed dead along with her mother-in-law, a family friend said. |
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