Sri lanka on Tuesday deployed Army as clashes between Buddhists and minority Muslims spread to newer areas overnight in a popular tourist region where a curfew failed to douse the flare up that has killed at least four people and destroyed a number of homes and businesses.
Officials said the Sri lankan Army was called in as tensions in Aluthgama and Beruwala areas in the country’s southwestern region escalated last night. The decision followed a request made by the police.The affected areas, often frequented by international tourists, are about 60 kilometres south of the capital Colombo. However, no tourist have reported to be caught in the middle of the violence.
local residents claim that a poultry farm caretaker was hacked to death by a mob in th fresh round of arson, taking the toll in the two-days’ ethnic violence to four. Another 80 people have been wounded in the riots.