Sri Lanka blocks social media after anti-Muslim riots

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Mon, 2019-05-13 05:20

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka blocked access to Facebook and WhatsApp on Monday after a posting sparked anti-Muslim riots across several towns in the latest fallout from the Easter Sunday suicide attacks.
Christian groups attacked Muslim-owned shops in the northwestern town of Chilaw on Sunday in anger at a Facebook post by a shopkeeper, police said.
Security forces fired in the air to disperse mobs, but the violence spread to nearby towns where Muslim businesses were also attacked.

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