KANDY: Calm is starting to go back to violence-hit Muslim neighborhoods in Sri Lanka's Kandy area, with many shops reopening as military reinforcements put an end to Buddhist mob attacks that hit the realm.
Army commander Mahesh Senanayake says security forces have managed to keep an eye on mob violence that hit the realm previous in the week, including he met with neighborhood and business leaders on Friday.
He says victims accused the police and the elite police Special Task Force of just having a look on while they had been targeted.
Religious divisions have grown in Sri Lanka with the upward thrust of Buddhist nationalist groups that stoke anger in opposition to minority Muslims.
Army commander Mahesh Senanayake says security forces have managed to keep an eye on mob violence that hit the realm previous in the week, including he met with neighborhood and business leaders on Friday.
He says victims accused the police and the elite police Special Task Force of just having a look on while they had been targeted.
Religious divisions have grown in Sri Lanka with the upward thrust of Buddhist nationalist groups that stoke anger in opposition to minority Muslims.
Calm returning to Muslim neighborhoods in Sri Lanka
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