{"id":99632,"date":"2013-08-10T21:11:21","date_gmt":"2013-08-10T15:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=99632"},"modified":"2013-08-14T23:28:20","modified_gmt":"2013-08-14T17:58:20","slug":"update-buddhist-monks-led-mob-attacked-muslim-preyer-centre-bells-in-the-nearby-buddhist-temple-rang-out-before-the-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/update-buddhist-monks-led-mob-attacked-muslim-preyer-centre-bells-in-the-nearby-buddhist-temple-rang-out-before-the-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Buddhist Monks Led Mob Attacked Muslim Prayer Centre: Bells In The Nearby Buddhist Temple Rang Out Before The Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Residents say the temple bells in the nearby Buddhist temple rang out before the\u00a0Grandpass Muslim Prayer Centre\u00a0attack took place this evening. The residents said the crowd of about 10 monks and at least 50 people gathered at the temple. Ravana Balaya has denied involvement in the attack and residents claim many of the monks were from the area temple.Upto five people injured including two policemen so far.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_97045\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/indifference-towards-attacks-on-muslims\/flag-burn\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-97045\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-97045\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-97045\" title=\"flag-burn\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/flag-burn-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/flag-burn-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/flag-burn-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-97045\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">File Photo<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Ravana Balaya group called for its relocation within one month. \u00a0Security forces personnel have now been stationed around the mosque to assist the police to keep calm.<\/p>\n<p>Related stories;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Grandpass Muslim Prayer Centre Attacked By Buddhist Monks Led Mob, Armed Forces Deployed\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/grandpass-muslim-prayer-centre-attacked-armed-forces-deployed\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Grandpass Muslim Prayer Centre Attacked By Buddhist Monks Led Mob, Armed Forces Deployed<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":97045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2187,1,6969],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-most-popular","category-news","category-popular-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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