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At Least Seven Buddhist Monks Killed in Cable Car Accident at Sri Lankan Monastery | News Channel 3-12
The cable car cable snapped, causing the vehicle to derail and kill seven monks, including nationals from India, Russia, and Romania, officials said.
- On Thursday, police said seven Buddhist monks were killed and six others injured in a cable‑cart accident at Na Uyana Aranya Senasanaya.
- As a longstanding forest monastery, Na Uyana Aranya Senasanaya is a historic meditation retreat in Nikaweratiya covering more than 5,000 acres and hosting over 200 monks, the Na Uyana Monastery website says.
- Police said 13 occupants were inside the carriage when the supporting cable snapped, sending the carriage downhill and derailing it into a tree struck after derailment.
- Scrutiny intensified over cable‑car safety at religious sites as the crash at Na Oyana Monastery raised concerns about transport standards for visitors and retreat participants.
- Authorities said three of the dead were foreign nationals from India, Russia and Romania, and the accident occurred around 9 p.m. local time on Wednesday.
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At least seven Buddhist monks killed in cable car accident at Sri Lankan monastery | News Channel 3-12
By Catherine Nicholls and Esha Mitra, CNN (CNN) — At least seven Buddhist monks, including three foreign nationals, died in a cable car accident at a Sri Lankan monastery on Wednesday, local police told CNN. The monks were among 13 people traveling on the cable car at the Na Uyana Monastery in central Sri Lanka, which spreads over more than 5,000 acres of forest on a mountain range, Pansiyagama Police said. The incident took place at around 9 p.…
Seven people died in a cable car accident in Sri Lanka.
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