{
  "id": 19750992,
  "title": "Four monks in custody after Ruwanweli Seya brawl",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/four-monks-in-custody-after-ruwanweli-seya-brawl",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-13T00:01:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Island Sri Lanka",
    "slug": "the-island-sri-lanka",
    "url": "http://island.lk/four-monks-in-custody-after-ruwanweli-seya-brawl/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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 […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}