COLOMBO - Sri Lankan troops in a northern town fired shots into the air and police imposed a curfew on Sunday after mobs attacked a mosque, in renewed religious tensions in the wake of Easter Sunday terror attacks.
The violence erupted in Chilaw, a Catholic-majority town, after a resident misunderstood a Facebook post as a threat against Christians. The latest unrest came as Catholic churches resumed their public Sunday masses for the first time after the April 21 bombings at three churches and three luxury hotels left 258 people dead.
Last week, there were similar tensions at a town between Colombo and Chilaw where an argument between two men degenerated into religious violence, leaving three people wounded.
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