Eighth monk dies after Sri Lanka cable car crash | International

COLOMBO, Sept 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A Buddhist monk injured in a cable car crash in Sri Lanka died on Sunday, raising the death toll to eight in the worst accident of its kind, police said. Seven monks, including three foreigners, were killed instantly when their cabin plunged down the mountainside near a forest monastery in the northwestern Kurunegala district on Wednesday night. Six others had been taken to hospital for injuries, four in critical condition. "One of the six monks in hospital succumbed to his injuries late last night," a police official told AFP. He said the funerals of five monks -- four Sri Lankans and a Romanian -- were held on Saturday at a cemetery near their monastery....