Sangakkara, Jayawardene and others condemn Sri Lanka violence

NEW DELHI: Following the communal unrest in Kandy, former Sri Lanka cricketers Kumara Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene, along with many others, condemned the recent acts of violence against the minority community that claimed two lives.

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Sangakkara took to twitter and said that "it is unfair to target anyone on the basis of ethnicity or religion.

"No one in Sri Lanka can be marginalized or threatened or harmed due to their ethnicity or religion. We are One Country and One people. Love, trust and acceptance should be our common mantra. No place for racism and violence. STOP. Stand together and stand strong," Sangakkara tweeted.




Sangakkara also shared a video talking about the issue on Facebook.


His former teammate Jayawardene also expressed concern and tweeted: "I strongly condemn the recent acts of violence & everyone involved must be brought to justice regardless of race/ religion or ethnicity. I grew up in a civil war which lasted 25 years and don’t want the next generation to go through that."



Echoing their thoughts were allrounder Angelo Mathews and former captain Sanath Jayasuriya. While Jayasuriya termed the act 'sick', Mathews urged people to protect the nation and not stand with people spreading violence.