Sri Lanka declares emergency amid anti-Muslim violence

Sri Lanka on March 6 declared a nationwide state of emergency to quell anti-Muslim riots that have killed at least two people and damaged dozens of mosques and homes.

Sri Lanka on March 6 declared a nationwide state of emergency to quell anti-Muslim riots that have killed at least two people and damaged dozens of mosques and homes. (Photo | AFP) 

The curfew in Kandy was extended after the body of a Muslim man was pulled from the ashes of a burnt building, threatening to further raise communal tensions that have flared up across Sri Lanka in recent weeks. (Photo | AFP)

Sri Lankan Muslim volunteers remove the remains of a 24-year-old man who suffocated to death when his home was set ablaze overnight by rampaging Sinhalese mobs in Pallekele, a suburb of Kandy, on March 6, 2018. (Photo | AFP)

Sri Lankan police commandos patrol on the streets of Pallekele, a suburb of Kandy, on March 6, 2018, following anti-Muslim riots that has prompted the government to declare a state of emergency. (Photo | AFP)

A man looks out from a burnt out home as a Sri Lankan police commando patrols on the streets of Pallekele, a suburb of Kandy, on March 6, 2018. (Photo | AFP)