Sri Lanka, Oct. 16 -- The Disaster Management Centre stated that details regarding 5,644 individuals missing due to the tsunami disaster that affected the country remain unconfirmed, preventing the issuance of death certificates for them.

Assistant Director of DMC Janaka Handunpathiraja stated this while attending a workshop organised yesterday (15) by the Ministry of Mass Media at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute to educate journalists on disaster preparedness and resilience.

The tsunami that hit the country on December 26, 2004, resulted in the deaths of 30,959 people, while another 5,644 individuals went missing.

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