Police, politicians accused of joining Sri Lanka's anti-Muslim riots

[TomSea]

Police, politicians accused of joining Sri Lanka's anti-Muslim riots
Tom Allard, Shihar Aneez

KANDY, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Police and politicians backed by the country’s former strongman President Mahinda Rajapaksa joined anti-Muslim riots that rocked Sri Lanka’s Kandy district this month, according to witnesses, officials and CCTV footage reviewed by Reuters.

Scores of Muslim mosques, homes and businesses were destroyed as mobs ran amok for three days in Kandy, the central highlands district previously known for its diversity and tolerance. The government declared a state of emergency and blocked social media platforms for a week to control the unrest.

The role of police and some local Buddhist politicians suggests the Sri Lankan government lost control of elements of its security forces, and that the violence was more than a spontaneous outbreak fueled by fringe Buddhist extremists and hate-speech spread on social media.

Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sri-lanka-clashes-insight/police-politicians-accused-of-joining-sri-lankas-anti-muslim-riots-idUSKBN1H102Q

Read the "Reuters 8 minute read"; this is pretty serious.  Sri Lanka is just a little island from what I know, like Taiwan or something, so I hope they can preserve their peace (at least in relative terms).

[Fishrrman]

Sounds like the folks there don't like muslims, want them gone, and are willing to actually do something about it.

Sooner or later, this will occur in the rest of The West.
If it doesn't, The West is the entity that will be "gone"...