Fresh attacks despite Lanka emergency

COLOMBO, Mar 07: Mobs torched Muslim-owned businesses in a central Sri Lanka district on Wednesday as hundreds of police and troops struggled to restore order after days of rioting. The soldiers poured into Kandy to reinforce police but arson attacks persisted even though the government has imposed a nationwide state of emergency and suspended the internet locally to quell attacks by mobs from the majority Sinhalese community. An evening curfew was extended till Thursday evening in the troubled hill district popular with tourists, officials said.

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— AFP