{"id":58295,"date":"2018-03-12T19:07:14","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T00:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=58295"},"modified":"2018-03-12T19:18:24","modified_gmt":"2018-03-13T00:18:24","slug":"muslim-owned-restaurant-medeena-muslim-hotel-at-anamaduwa-in-puttalam-district-attacked-on-sunday-march-11th-despite-police-constables-being-deployed-to-guard-the-locality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=58295","title":{"rendered":"Muslim Owned Restaurant “Medeena Muslim Hotel” at Anamaduwa in Puttalam District Attacked on Sunday Despite Police Constables being deployed To guard the Locality."},"content":{"rendered":"

A Muslim-owned restaurant was attacked in Sri Lanka on Sunday despite a nation-wide police alert against hate crimes after last week’s ethnic riots provoked a state of emergency, officials said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Attackers smashed the “Madeena Muslim Hotel” restaurant in the north-western town of Anamaduwa, 130 kilometres (81 miles) north of Colombo in the early hours of Sunday, police said adding that they were treating it as a hate crime.<\/p>\n

“Police constables had been deployed to guard the area, but it looks like they were not at the location when the attack took place,” a senior police officer said adding that disciplinary action will be taken against those responsible.<\/p>\n

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The attack came as the authorities lifted curfews in the central hill resort of Kandy, about 100 kilometres (60 miles) south-east of Anamaduwa.<\/p>\n

In Kandy itself, the military continued its patrols despite the lifting of a curfew since Saturday.<\/p>\n

However, the government maintained a ban on social media sites such as Facebook after police said they were used to spread hate speech and instigate violence against the minority Muslims.<\/p>\n

President Maithripala Sirisena announced on Saturday that he will appoint a three-member panel of retired judges to investigate last week’s riots that left three people dead.<\/p>\n

The government gave wide powers to police and security forces in line with the state of emergency declared on Tuesday as the unrest escalated.<\/p>\n

A Muslim man was found dead in a burnt-out building in Kandy on Tuesday, a day after a Sinhalese man died of injuries sustained in an attack carried out by Muslim men. A Sinhalese man was killed when a hand grenade he carried exploded.<\/p>\n

Some 20 others were also wounded and more than 200 Muslim-owned businesses and homes were destroyed in four days of rioting that died down on Thursday in the Kandy district which is a popular tourist destination.<\/p>\n

Eleven mosques were also damaged or completely destroyed by Sinhalese mobs, according to police who say the situation in Kandy had been brought under control after a heavy military deployment.<\/p>\n

Sri Lanka’s Muslim minority held their Friday prayers under military protection across the island amid fears of fresh attacks. However, the weekly religious activity went off without incident, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of Buddhist monks and activists staged demonstrations in Colombo on Friday denouncing the anti-Muslim attacks and urging authorities to take strong action against the perpetrators.<\/p>\n

Police said nearly 150 people, including the main instigator, have been arrested over last week’s unrest. <\/p>\n

Courtesy:ECONOMY NEXT<\/em><\/p>\n

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A Muslim-owned restaurant was attacked in Sri Lanka on Sunday despite a nation-wide police alert against hate crimes after last week’s ethnic riots provoked a state of emergency, officials said. Attackers smashed the “Madeena Muslim Hotel” restaurant in the north-western town of Anamaduwa, 130 kilometres (81 miles) north of Colombo in the early hours of …<\/p>\n

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