The key facts
- A 30-year-old Russian citizen drowned on November 9 near the Bentota resort in Sri Lanka
- The Bentota police are investigating the circumstances of the death; the identity is not disclosed
- Bad weather prevailed in the region on the day of the incident, and forecasters warned about high waves
What happened
On the morning of November 9, a 30-year-old Russian citizen died off the coast of Sri Lanka. According to the local outlet Newswire, citing the police,on which Life.ru relies, the man was hit by a wave while swimming in the Indian Ocean near the popular resort of Bentota, after which he drowned. The body of the deceased was taken to the morgue of the local hospital. The Bentota police have begun investigating the circumstances of the incident; the identity of the Russian citizen is not disclosed in the published report.
Additional details
Gazeta.Ru, citing Life and the Telegram channel Shot, adds that some time after the incident, the man's body was washed ashore. According to the channel, bad weather was observed in the region on the day of the tragedy, and forecasters had warned beachgoers in advance about high waves. Thus, we are talking about the same event, but the outlets differ in details: Newswire describes the death directly in the water, while Shot describes the discovery of the body on the shore.
Context
Life.ru also recalls that in October, a Moscow resident nearly died while swimming in Sri Lanka after contact with a venomous stonefish: the woman lost consciousness three times, but doctors managed to save her. The circumstances of the tourist's death near Bentota are still being investigated; the available publications do not draw conclusions about the causes of the incident.
