aluthgama report final

- 11p.m.- Crowds returning from Aluthgama attack shops and homes in Ambepitiya,
Beruwela.
- 11 p.m.- A large mob gathers on the road to Welipitya. Residents—men women and
children-- gather at mosque for safety. Community members attempt to prevent mob
from advancing. There is confrontation between the two groups that lasts for an hour
and a half.
- 12.45 p.m. Shots are heard and the injured rushed to the Welipitya mosque.
Mobs disperse from the Welipitiya area without entering the town.
- 1.30 p.m.- Police Jeeps arrive in Welipitiya to take the injured to hospital.
16 th June 2014:
Curfew continues in the affected areas.
- 9.30 a.m. - Meeting at Kalutara Kachcheri to discuss measures to be taken to control
the violence. The Ven. Gnanasara Thero also participates at the meeting. Decision is
made to bring in troops from the East to control the situation on the ground. The BBS
requests that 7 of the 11 arrested for the attacks be released. IGP agrees on assurance
that Ven. Gnanasara will stop the meeting in Mawanella from taking place. Muslim
representatives request the IGP to make a statement that the rumours about a monk
being killed are not true.
- 11.30 a.m.- Shop is burnt in Beruwela.
- 2.00 p.m.- (approx) Ambulance from Colombo enters Dharga Town. Mobs are still
around.
- 5. p.m.- Ambulance attempts to leave Dharga Town but is attacked by mob when
approaching the main road.
- 7.00 p.m.- IGP press conference stating that the situation is under control and that no
monk has lost his life in the violence.
- 11.30 p.m.- Farm is attacked in Welipanna.
- 11.45 p.m.- Welipanna town is attacked.
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