Sri Lanka's Buddhists mark sombre Vesak after Easter Sunday attacks

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COLOMBO — Buddhist Sri Lankans marked the festival of Vesak in low key celebrations on Saturday (May 18) amid heightened religious tensions in the Indian Ocean nation following the deadly Easter Sunday attacks that killed more than 250 people.

 

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