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Escalating Sri Lankan anti-Muslim riots claim first life

Sri Lanka has announced a second night of curfew after a man was killed in anti-Muslim riots as the violence escalates. – EPA pic, May 14, 2019.

SRI Lanka announced today a curfew for a second straight night after a man was killed by sword-wielding rioters in an escalating anti-Muslim backlash following the Easter terror attacks. Violence broke out late Monday, three weeks after Islamist extremist bombings killed 258 people, with rampaging mobs carrying out arson attacks and 2,000 people vandalising a mosque, witnesses said.

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