A Sri Lankan man has died while trying
to break an informal local record for the longest time spent being buried alive,
police say.
Janaka Basnayake, 24, allegedly buried himself with the
help of family and friends in a trench sealed with wood and soil in the town of
Kantale.
The government has urged the public not
to attempt similar "high risk events".
Mr Basnayake went underground on Saturday morning,
and was pronounced dead the same afternoon, police say.
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| Police said
that Mr Basnayake was a member of a police unit that fought in Sri Lanka's 25-year civil war |
Doctors say that a post-mortem
examination has not determined the cause of death and further medical
investigations are being conducted.
Local newspapers say that the trench in
which Mr Basnayake was buried was 10ft (3m) deep.
His family says he was buried alive on
two previous occasions - for two and a half hours and six hours
respectively.
It is unclear whether there is an
official world record for the longest time buried alive.
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