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Sri Lanka Easter bombings: I came face-to-face with the bomber who nearly killed us – By Haneke Manoharan Watch video on ABC website click on image below VIDEO: CCTV footage of a suspected Shangri-La bomber (ABC News) They brushed past us, moments before the first explosion. We knew we had come face-to-face with them, but we didn’t realise how close they were until we saw the CCTV footage of the Shangri-La on the news. It was about 8.40am, two weeks ago, when we walked from our hotel room to the Table One Restaurant on Level 3 of the Shangri-La hotel in Colombo. I remember saying Happy Easter to my friend Sam Nottle as we got into the lift. The same waitress that served us the morning before greeted us at the door. She was lovely and said hello again. We followed her as she tried to find us a table near where ...