Two Australians from the same family have been killed in the Sri Lankan terrorist bomb attacks on churches and hotels, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced.
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Mr Morrison said one of the victims was a dual national and both had been living in Sri Lanka.
"My heart is full of grief for them and their families, as I'm sure all Australians' are," Mr Morrison said.
Two other Australians have been wounded - a woman aged in her mid-50s and a woman in her mid-to-late 20s. Both were in a stable condition, Mr Morrison said. One was treated for shrapnel wounds and the other for a broken leg. Both were dual nationals and were receiving help from Australian diplomats.
He did not provide any details about the Australians who were killed, saying their families had requested that the information be kept private. But they had been living with their families in Sri Lanka.
Mr Morrison said it was still too early to be sure other Australians had not been affected. If other dual nationals had been caught up in the blasts, they might not be immediately identified as Australians, as seemed to be the case with the two killed and two injured.
"As the days pass and the injured are treated, and some of them succumb to their wounds as well, we are seeing this massacre go from what was bad, very bad, to much, much worse, Mr Morrison said.
"It is just a terribly sad day. Sri Lanka will be just devastated by this, as I think all peace-loving peoples of the world are."
- SMH/The Age
