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Hingurakgoda attack:
Elderly chief monk dies
The elderly monk, Ven Kadigamuwe Sugathapala thera, passed away last morning without regaining consciousness after a grenade was lobbed into his room in the temple in Diyabubula by unidentified persons, a hospital official said. The news of his death sparked protests from Hingurakgoda villagers who demanded a full probe by the police. The villagers are to hold a protest near the temple today. The grenade attack on the chief monk came three days after police found 14 members of the Karuna faction in the temple. Investigators said two novice monks and another resident monk, who had contested the last general elections on the JHU ticket, were still missing from the temple. The JHU monk is reported to be in Colombo while it is alleged that the two novices have been given shelter by a JVP MP in the area. |
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