A billionaire Danish fashion mogul lost three of his four children in Sunday’sSri Lanka terrorist bombing attacksthat killed at least 290 people and injured more than 500, PEOPLE confirms.
Anders Hoch Povlsen, 46, owns Bestseller, an international clothing chain, and is the largest shareholder of the online clothing retailer Asos,the BBC reports.
Danish media reported that Povlsen was vacationing in Sri Lanka with his family at the time of the bombings, which took place at multiple hotels and places of worship.
Bloombergreportsthat Povlsen is Denmark’s wealthiest person and is thought to be the largest landowner in Scotland. The outlet reports his net worth is $5.7 billion.
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The Guardianreported in Marchthat Povlsen and wife Anne Storm Pedersen bought a string of historic estates in Scotland and now own an estimated 200,000 acres, which they plan to re-wild to its original state.
“It is a project that we know cannot be realised in our lifetime, which will bear fruit not just for our own children, but also for the generations of visitors who, like us, hold a deep affection the Scottish Highlands,” the couple sayson their website.
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“We wish to restore our parts of the Highlands to their former magnificent natural state and repair the harm that man has inflicted on them.”
TheAssociated Press, citing Sri Lanka’s minister of tourism John Amaratunga, reports that 39 foreign tourists were killed in the bombings.
Dieter Kowalski, 40, a Denver man visiting Sri Lanka on a business trip was among those killed, his employer, Pearson, confirmed to PEOPLE.
The Associated Press reportsthat a Sri Lankan government official said the bombers were part of a domestic militant group named National Thowfeed Jamaath.
The bombings shattered ten years of peace after the end of a civil war on the island nation.
source: people.com
