Arrests, new curfews in Sri Lanka after anti-Muslim riots

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka’s police arrested over 100 suspects and reimposed night curfews in violence-prone areas on Wednesday after anti-Muslim riots left one man dead and caused extensive damage to homes, businesses and mosques.

Gunasekera said a night curfew was being reimposed in NWP, just north of the capital, as well as the adjoining Gampaha district, which shares a border with Colombo, as a measure to “maintain peace”. Official sources said police deployed special teams to review CCTV camera footage to identify the perpetrators and carry out more arrests.

In Bingiriya, where some 2,000 people went on the rampage, Muslim cleric M.I.M. Siddeeque said the community was worried.Government spokesperson Navin Dissanayake said the authorities had identified the leaders of the mobs and they were already in police custody.Despite the extraordinary security measures, the minorities felt insecure, said Dissanayake, who is also a government minister.

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