23-04-2019 19:48 via news.yahoo.com

For Sri Lanka grave digger, a grim parade

Piyasri Gunasena rarely digs more than one grave a day at the Madampitiya cemetery in Sri Lanka's capital."Police have not released all the remains yet but I think we will be busy for a while," he said as he dug his tenth grave of the day."Every time I dig a grave for a child I think of my own granddaughter and I feel like crying," the 48-year-old told AFP, as sweat soaked his grimy t-shirt and tattered shorts.
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