Guiness Book record yampotezea maisha

Askari Kanzu · 2012-03-06T21:56:51+00:00

A Sri Lankan man has died while trying to set a record for the longest time spent buried alive, police say. Janaka Basnayake, 24, is said to have buried himself over the weekend with the help of family and friends in a trench sealed with wood and soil in the town of Kantale, about 137 miles (220km) north of Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo. A local newspaper reported that the trench was three metres deep. Basnayake was buried at around 9.30am on Saturday. Police said that when he was brought to the surface at 4pm he was unconscious and was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Dr DG Costa of the Kantale hospital said a postmortem could not determine the cause of death and further medical investigations were being conducted. Basnayake's mother, LD Leelawathi, said her son had enjoyed performing unusual acts since his childhood a liking that grew after watching movies, the Lankadeepa newspaper reported. It quoted her as saying her son had been buried alive on two previous occasions for two and a half hours and six hours respectively. It was unclear whether there is an official world record for the longest time buried alive. Police said Basnayake was a member of the Civil Defence Force, a police unit that fought in the country's 25-year civil war. Chanzo cha habari

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Start date Mar 7, 2012

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