Sri Lanka ends emergency as ethnic tensions subside
Sri Lanka imposed a state of emergency to quell anti-Muslim riots, mainly in the central Kandy district (AFP Photo/ISHARA S. KODIKARA)/ Sri Lanka's president announced Sunday he is lifting a nationwide state of emergency imposed 12 days ago to quell anti-Muslim riots in which three people died and hundreds of shops were destroyed. Maithripala Sirisena said improvements in the security situation prompted him to end the emergency, under which security forces and the police had sweeping powers to detain suspects. "Upon assessing the public ...
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