18 persons including 7 Buddhist monks surrender to court over prayer center attack
January 27, 2014 12:21 pm
After police identified
24 persons involved in the attack on two Christian places of worship in
Hikkaduwa on January 12, 18 persons including seven Buddhist monks handed
themselves over to the Galle Magistrate Court today (January 27).
The police identified the
suspects who were allegedly involved in the demonstration outside Christian establishments
in Hikkaduwa which spiralled out of control. The mob led by Buddhist monks
entered the premises of the prayer center and destroyed property after the
police failed to hold the group at bay.
The Galle Additional
Magistrate Gunendra Kumara Munasinghe granted bail to the suspects who handed
themselves over today, setting two personal bails of Rs.500,000 each.
The court case concerning
the incident will be taken up on March 17.
