Anti-mysmilian violence breaks out in Sri Lana, cause Buddhists

“We have distributed leaflets and now we have reached Digana,” said Amith Weerasinghe.

He added that this town is only of Muslims. We've been addressing this a long time ago. ”

His statement was spread to social networks like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.

He preceded a campaign of vandalism and fire attacks in the central district of Kandy, located in Digana, causing the government to deploy the army, declare an emergency situation and block internet access, reports “Al Jazeera”, broadcast Periscope.

Violence, caused by the death of a Sinhales after being beaten by a Muslim group during a traffic conflict, left at least two people dead, as well as burned glass, houses and businesses.

This raised fears of instability in Sri Lanka, a South Asian country still trying to recover from nearly three decades of ethnic civil war.

The separatist conflict in Tamil had ended in 2009, but a line of guilt has surfaced again in Sri Lanka. This time, it is taking place along a religious divide, among Sinhalese Buddhists, who make up about 75 per cent of the 21 million inhabitants of the Indian Ocean and the Muslim minority, which make up about nine per cent.. /Periscopi/