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Rebecca Day

Eighth British victim of Sri Lanka attack named as IT director Lorraine Campbell from Manchester

The eighth British victim of the Sri Lanka terror attacks has been named as IT director Lorraine Campbell from Manchester.

The 55-year-old was staying at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel on a business trip when the blast went off, according to reports.

"‘I have been told it is her although she has got to be formally identified. I know it is my mum. She has been taken from us in a terrible way," her son Mark Campbell told the Daily Mail.

GP Sally Bradley and her husband Bill Harrop, a retired firefighter, from Manchester, also died when the bomb struck the same hotel on Easter Sunday.

Dr Bradley's brother, former Labour MP Lord Keith Bradley, said: "This immensely tragic event will be something my family will never truly get over. I have lost a sister, who was not only an inspiration to me, but someone that was respected and loved across Greater Manchester."

Bill's son Gavin, who was also in Sri Lanka at the time, survived the blasts, which targeted churches and hotels.

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the terror attacks which killed at least 359 people.

Near-simultaneous explosions rocked churches and hotels on Easter Sunday with IS releasing a video showing who it claimed were the eight suicide bombers.

Dr Sally Bradley was killed alongside her husband Billy Harrop in the Sri Lanka terror attack. (Facebook)
Billy Harrop (pictured in 2012) was killed in the blast with wife Sally (MEN Media)

Specialist officers from the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command have been sent to the country to support the bereaved, while Scotland Yard has asked for images or video taken during the attacks.

Among the British victims were Anita Nicholson, her son Alex, 14, and daughter Annabel, 11, who died when one of seven suicide bombers struck as they ate breakfast at the Shangri-La hotel in Colombo.

Londoner Matthew Linsey's daughter Amelie, 15, and son Daniel, 19, were killed in the same blast on the final day of their holiday.

Police have appealed for anyone with images or video from the period surrounding the attack to contact them - and officers have been sent to airports in the UK to speak to anyone returning from Sri Lanka.

Alexis Boon, of the Met Police Counter Terrorism Command, said: "We are specifically looking for images and footage taken at the scenes of the incidents in Sri Lanka, immediately prior to, during, or after the attacks on 21 April.

"The material will be looked at by officers from the Met's Counter Terrorism Command, to assess it for use in any subsequent coronial process."

MPs observed a minute's silence in the Commons on Tuesday in memory of those killed in the Sri Lanka terror attacks, with Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt calling it a "truly heartbreaking situation".

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He said that in addition to the eight Britons who died, a locally employed British Council employee was "in hospital with his wife, both with serious injuries".

Sri Lanka held a national day of mourning on Tuesday as the country's prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe warned that suspects armed with explosives were still at large.

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