Lanka declares state of emergency following riots in Kandy

Deccan Herald Tuesday, 6 March 2018 ()
Sri Lanka today declared a state of emergency for 10 days after violent clashes broke out between Buddhists and minority Muslims in the countrys central Kandy district that left two persons dead.

Violence erupted yesterday following which police imposed curfew in the Theldeniya area.

President Maithripala Sirisena and the...
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 A curfew is put in place and a state of emergency declared in the country after Muslim-owned businesses and houses are set on fire by groups of hardline Buddhists.

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