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Sri Lanka Buddhist monks denounce anti-Muslim riots
9 years agoMembers of the People's Liberation Front group and Buddhist monks sit at a roadside as they hold a rally calling for calm following deadly communal violence in other parts of the country, in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo on March 9, 2018. Hundreds of Buddhist monks and activists staged a demonstration in the Sri Lankan capital on March 9 to condemn anti-Muslim riots that have killed three people and forced the government to declare a nationwide state of emergency. / AFP PHOTO / -
Hundreds of Buddhist monks and activists staged a demonstration in the Sri Lankan capital Friday to condemn anti-Muslim riots that have killed three people and forced the government to declare a nationwide state of emergency.