Grenade Explodes at Indian Movie Star Concert in Sri Lanka, Killing Two

[seriousstan]

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - A grenade exploded at a concert of Indian movie stars and entertainers in Sri Lanka's capital Saturday, killing at least two people and injuring 15, officials said.

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Earlier, police used tear gas to break up a protest by about 200 Buddhists who tried to prevent the concert, held a day before the anniversary of the death of a leading Buddhist cleric.

Sunday is the first anniversary of the death of Gangodawila Soma - a popular preacher who campaigned against conversions of Buddhists by Christians. Monks are a powerful political force in Buddhist-majority Sri Lanka.

Earlier Saturday, concert organizers met a group of monks and offered an apology for the event's timing, which the clergy accepted. But the monks' lay supporters protested the decision, accusing the monks of betrayal.

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBS709FM2E.html

[tjdee]

1. Sorry to hear this....Sharukh Khan was there, think he's great.

That must have been horrible. Thinking you're having a good time....until some dangerous psycho ruins it for you and kills some people.

People. Geez.

[allemand]

2. Buddhist terrorism??

A little detour from the path to enlightenment, automatic rebirth as cockroach guaranteed...?

"Police said a hand-grenade ripped through the front stands as Shahrukh Khan ended his performance on Saturday.

Doctors said all the victims appeared to be members of the audience, most of them injured by shrapnel. The two dead were reported to be a woman and child."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4089001.stm

Fuck all religious extremism and fundamentalism !