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A Sri Lankan Muslim woman carries her daughter outside her burnt house after at least three Muslims were killed and 80 injured in clashes with Buddhists last month. The sectarian riots in and around the town of Aluthgama, in southern Sri Lanka, followed demonstrations by the hardline Buddhist group Bodu Bala Sena, police said. Homes and shops were looted and burned. Eranga Jayawardena/AP
Buddhist monk Galaboda Aththe Gnanasara, the general secretary and public face of the ultra-nationalist Sinhalese Buddhist group Bodu Bala Sena, gave an inflammatory speech at a rally that preceded the violence. He is pictured here in 2013. LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI/AFP/Getty
A monk belonging to the group debates with a police officer at the Trade Ministry in Colombo in April. S.KODIKARA/AFP/Getty Images
A Sri Lankan Muslim woman walks past soldiers following clashes between Muslims and Buddhists in the town of Aluthgama. Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/Getty
A Sri Lankan resident surveys the damage to a charred Muslim-owned home. Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/Getty
A soldier stands guard outside a smashed window. Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/Getty
Sri Lankan residents survey the damage to a damaged Muslim-owned home. Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/Getty
A Sri Lankan Muslim man walks past ransacked shops in Aluthgama. Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/Getty
A Sri Lankan Muslim man inspects the remains of a tailor's shop. Rauff Hakeem, Sri Lanka's Justice Minister and himself a Muslim, said his party would weigh its future in the government according to the official response to the attacks. "I am ashamed I could not help my people," he said. Eranga Jayawardena/AP
A Muslim woman in the aftermath of clashes in Aluthgama. The U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka condemned the violence, which followed a rally by Buddhist hardliners days after an alleged altercation between a Muslim driver and a Buddhist monk and his driver. Eranga Jayawardena/AP
Men point at blood on the floor of a home. Eranga Jayawardena/AP
Shifna Abdul Kareem, a 16-year-old Muslim, surveys the damage to her burnt house in Adhikarigoda, a village in Aluthgama, following an outbreak of violence. Eranga Jayawardena/AP
Police officers on a street in Aluthgama as shops burn. A curfew was put in place to prevent further violence. Eranga Jayawardena/AP
A girl looks at a burned house in Aluthgama. Eranga Jayawardena/AP
A Muslim mother and child take in damage to their house. Eranga Jayawardena/AP
A Muslim man talks on his phone while standing in what's left of his house. Eranga Jayawardena/AP
A Muslim woman observes her vandalized house in Aluthgama. Eranga Jayawardena/AP
Sri Lankan Muslims seek sanctuary following a rampage by Buddhist mobs that many blame the BBS for inciting. Eranga Jayawardena/AP
