Buddhist-Muslim Unrest Boils Over in Sri Lanka
ALUTHGAMA, Sri Lanka — In some of the worst religious violence in Sri Lanka in decades, three people have been killed and 78 injured in riots between Buddhists and Muslims in this southwestern coastal town after months of rising tensions, officials said Monday. The riots on Sunday followed a protest march by a hard-line Buddhist group, Bodu Bala Sena, which is led in part by monks … continue reading
A June 17, 2014
58 year old guard of a farm in an adjoining area to Welipanna was flogged to death last night, by a mob who had stormed the premises.
Initial reports said that the deceased was a Tamil who the mob had mistaken to be a Muslim.
Police confirmed that the death had occurred last night ” after being assaulted by a mob”.
No arrests have been made in connection with the murder or the riots.
