A curfew is in place in the central district of Kandy, where crowds from the Buddhist Sinhala majority attacked a mosque, Muslim-owned shops and homes.
“Four mosques, 37 houses, 46 shops and 35 vehicles damaged in Digana and Teldeniya area due to the mob attack,” a local official told the BBC. “Everything is destroyed. Muslims live in fear,” he said.
Sri Lanka has declared a state of emergency after several attacks against mosques and Muslim-owned businesses.
Religious violence flared anew in the hills of central Sri Lanka, despite a state of emergency, with Buddhist mobs sweeping through towns and villages, burning Muslim homes and businesses and leaving victims barricaded inside mosques.
Source: BBC
