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Viewfinder: Police Fire Water Cannons at Monks

Author:: Pacific Standard Staff
Publish date:: Nov 20, 2018
Updated on: Nov 19, 2018

Police fire tear gas and use water cannons to disperse Sinhala extremist monks from Bodu Bala Sena on November 19th, 2018, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The monks came to meet with Sri Lanka's president to hand over a message calling for the release of BBS General Secretary Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera, who was sentenced to six years in prison. Sri Lanka's president later apologized for the severe treatment of the protesters.
(Photo: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

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