Sri Lanka: May 3, 2001

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Two days of sectarian battles between Moslems and Buddhists in central Sri Lanka left one dead and twenty wounded. Property damage was extensive (90 shops, two factories, ten houses and 11 automobiles damaged.) The dispute began over a trivial commercial disagreement. The area contains a concentration of Sri Lanka's Moslem minority population. 

 

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