Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru

Mangaluru, Apr 21: As per latest reports, a woman from coastal region has died in the serial blasts that took place on Sri Lanka on Sunday, April 21.

Razeena from Mangaluru, earlier a resident of Mogral Puttur near Kasargod, is the victim.

Razeena (58) is wife of Khader Kukkadi from Baikampady in Mangaluru. Khader too had visited Sri Lanka but returned to Dubai earlier. Razeena who was with her other relatives in a restaurant in Sri Lanka died during one of the eight blasts.

Razeena 

Blast at a restaurant in Colombo

Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan expressed condolences over the death of Razeena, who arrived in the Sri Lankan capital along with her husband to meet their relatives engaged in business in Colombo.

Razeena and her husband lived in Dubai and were staying at one of the three hotels in Colombo targeted on Sunday by suicide bombers.

A spokesperson for the state agency of the Kerala diaspora told the media that they were talking to the Indian High Commissioner's office in Colombo to see that Razeena's body was brought to Kerala.