Overview

• The cabin fell at about 9 p.m. local time while 13 monks were returning from rituals at a sacred site, police said.
• Two monks reportedly jumped from the falling cabin and sustained minor injuries, and four others were seriously hurt.
• Police said three of the seven dead were foreign nationals from Russia, Romania and India, with Moscow’s mission in Colombo confirming the Russian fatality.
• Authorities indicated the cabin was carrying the group on a route used by pilgrims to a mountain temple.
• Initial details come from police accounts reported by Sri Lanka’s Daily Mirror, and formal cause findings and full identifications are pending.