COLOMBO: A US official wounded in Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday suicide bombings has died in a hospital in Singapore, raising to 258 the total number killed, including 45 foreigners, officials said on Wednesday .
Officials said Decaminada was airlifted to Singapore for treatment, but she succumbed to her injuries over the weekend. Decaminada, a graduate of Duke University, worked for the US Commerce Department and was on assignment in Sri Lanka when she was caught in the bombings, claimed by the Islamic State group and attributed to a local radical cell called National Thowheeth Jama'ath.The bombers targeted three luxury hotels and three Christian churches. Nearly 500 people were wounded in the attacks, the worst single-day bombing against civilians in the Indian Ocean island.
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