Siobhan Henue is based in New Delhi for the ABC, I’d imaginr she’ll be there tomorrow if not already. Given the Sri Lanka diaspora in Australia I’d imagine there’d be interest in having other Australians on the ground there.
Death toll rose to 207 from the Colombo attacks.
Tragic
Renae Henry, 9 Asia Correspondent live in Colombo, Sri Lanka this morning.
She used to be a regular nine Perth reporter but a few months ago she moved to Asia correspondent
Last night’s Ten News Updates included news of the later 7th and 8th explosions so might have been recorded a bit later than usual.
Death toll from Sri Lanka massacre stands at 290.
Virginia Langeberg there for SBS.
Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews message
It’s good to see that all Australian networks have sent crews over.
CONFIRMED: Death toll stands at 310 people. It is confirmed that two Australians, one Bangladesh person, one Chinese person, 3 Danish people, 8 Indians, one Japanese and two Swiss people were killed in the Easter Sunday massacre in Colombo.
UPDATE: The death toll has risen to 321.