By Tim Stickings For Mailonline
Published: 15:59 BST, 21 April 2019 | Updated: 15:59 BST, 21 April 2019
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A Conservative MEP has revealed he narrowly missed one of the Easter Sunday blasts in Sri Lanka which have killed at least 207 people.
Nirj Deva said he had missed one of the three hotel bombs in Colombo today because he 'delayed leaving the airport'.
Calling the bomb attacks an 'absurd, disgusting, revolting act' he said the eight explosions had left a 'question mark hanging over the entire island'.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack which killed dozens of foreigners including Britons and Americans, and has left at least 450 people wounded.
Conservative MEP Nirj Deva (pictured last week) revealed he narrowly missed one of the Easter Sunday blasts in Sri Lanka which have killed at least 207 people
Mr Deva, an MEP for South East England, said: 'I missed the bomb by about one hour because I delayed leaving the airport.
'I arrived at the scene which was
