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May 14, 2019 / 4:26 AM / Updated 21 hours ago
Sri Lanka police arrest 23 for targeting Muslims after Easter bombings
Alexandra Ulmer, Omar Rajarathnam
KOTTAMPITIYA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Sri Lankan police arrested 23 people on Tuesday in connection with a spate of attacks on Muslim-owned homes and shops in apparent reprisal for the Easter bombings by Islamist militants that killed more than 250 people.
Soldiers in armored vehicles patrolled the towns hit by sectarian violence this week as residents recalled how Muslims had hid in paddy fields to escape mobs carrying rods and swords, incensed over the militant attacks.
The April 21 attacks, claimed by Islamic State, targeted churches and hotels, mostly in Colombo, killing more than 250 people and fuelling fears of a backlash against the island nation’s minority Muslims.
Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sri-lanka-blasts-unrest/sri-lanka-police-arrest-23-for-targeting-muslims-after-easter-bombings-idUSKCN1SK0YB
As said earlier, over in India and surely, it carries over to Sri Lanka, you pull this garbage with your neighbors, your neighbors become vengeance-minded.
