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Sri Lanka: CCTV Shows Police & Politicians Participated in Anti-Muslim Violence

HeadlineMar 27, 2018

In Sri Lanka, closed-circuit television footage obtained by Reuters shows police officers and politicians participated in the violent riots against the minority Muslim community in Sri Lanka earlier this month. Dozens of mosques and Muslims’ homes and businesses were destroyed by the Buddhist mobs in the central Sri Lankan province, causing the government to declare a state of emergency.

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