{"id":114926,"date":"2013-11-15T15:14:22","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T09:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=114926"},"modified":"2013-11-15T15:14:22","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T09:44:22","slug":"monks-were-peaceful-thugs-attacked-monks-were-hospitalised-bbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/monks-were-peaceful-thugs-attacked-monks-were-hospitalised-bbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Monks Were Peaceful, Thugs Attacked, Monks Were Hospitalised &#8211; BBS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The attached photograph clearly shows that UNP leaders are lying that\u00a0 Sirikotha was not used to tarnish the image of Bodu Bala Sena. Here some of the UNP supporters exhibiting some photos to show Bodu Bala Sena was involved in terror acts . We categorically deny that BBS has anything to do with\u00a0some of the edited photos displayed here.&#8221; the group\u2019s Chief Executive Officer Dilanthe Withanage told Colombo Telegraph.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_0111.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-114929\" alt=\"IMG_0111\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_0111.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_0111.jpg 3088w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_0111-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_0111-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_0111-800x532.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sending a email he said; &#8220;The following Video Clip clearly show that Bodu Bala Sena entered to Sirikotha peacefully. BBS spoke to the Leaders of the UNP Bhiiku Front\u00a0 when entered to UNP Headquarters. The suddenly organized thugs attacked these monks who came to this place peacefully. Some monks and officials of BBS were hospitalized, Media equipments lost and damaged\u00a0 during this attack. But UNP and NGO Propaganda shows to the world that BBS had demonstration and entered the premises forcefully. 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