They are seven Buddhist monks when the cable car derailed on Wednesday night, according to a police statement.
Six Buddhist monks were injured since the fall of the cable car.
The tragic was noted as the monks headed to the monastery of Uyana, and when, under unspecified conditions, the cable that was holding the cable car was cut, causing them to fall, and them.
Seven Buddhist monks reported dead after a cable car carrying 13 monks breaks from the cable & falls down at Na Uyana Forest Monastery in Pansiyagama, Melsiripura.
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