British tourists return home after airport ordeal

British holidaymakers caught up in a terrifying rebel mortar and gunfire attack on Sri Lanka’s main airport were today preparing to return home.

Wed, 25 Jul, 2001 - 09:26

British holidaymakers caught up in a terrifying rebel mortar and gunfire attack on Sri Lanka’s main airport were today preparing to return home.

Forty-seven British people were forced to flee the airport after Tamil Tiger guerrillas launched a pre-dawn assault.

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