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Four monks in custody after Ruwanweli Seya brawl

Four Buddhist monks, including Ven. Balangoda Kassapa Thera, who were staging a fast-unto-death near the Ruwanweli Maha Seya in Anuradhapura, were taken into police custody following a tense confrontation at the protest site yesterday (12). The monks had launched the hunger strike in opposition to the proposed Anuradhapura Sacred City Development Plan. The situation escalated […]

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