Sri Lanka Shops, Mosque Damaged in Buddhist-Muslim Clash

FILE - Muslims stand next to a burnt shop after a clash between Buddhists and Muslims in Aluthgama, Sri Lanka, June 16, 2014.

COLOMBO — February 27, 2018 

At least five people were wounded and several shops and a mosque damaged in a clash between majority Sinhalese Buddhists and minority Muslims in eastern Sri Lanka, police said on Tuesday.
Renewed tension has been growing between the two communities since last year, with some hardline Buddhist groups accusing Muslims of forcing people to convert to Islam and vandalizing Buddhist archaeological sites.

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