A leading Buddhist temple in the Metropolitan London has been vandalized in the wee hours of, Friday September 26, by suspected Tamil Tiger terrorist sympathizers in the area, the Chief Incumbent of the temple said.
"I suspect my temple has been vandalized by pro-LTTE elements in the area" said Venerable Galayaye Piyadassi, the chief incumbent A of the Sri Sadhdhatissa International Buddhist Centre in Kingsbury, London..
"The temple was visited by President Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka last Saturday and this incident is suspected to be related to his visit, temple sources said.
President Rajapaksa's government is engaged in a fierce war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to rid the country of the terrorist movement and its separatist campaign.. There are nearly 100,000 Sri Lankan Tamils living in the metropolitan London who wield some political power. Gangs related to the terrorist group are allegedly operating in the Kingsbury area.
The vandals entered the Buddhist temple premises at 1.30 in the morning, Friday, and smashed up many window panes on the downstairs of the buildings numbered 309 and 311 , and windscreens of the temple car and a hired minibus, using rods, said an eyewitness to the incident.
According to the sources, a resident monk had seen two Sri Lankan looking men smashing the windows on the left and right sides of the building and then the windscreen of the temple's car. When the monk had called for help the vandals fled, the sources added.
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"I suspect my temple has been vandalized by pro-LTTE elements in the area" said Venerable Galayaye Piyadassi, the chief incumbent A of the Sri Sadhdhatissa International Buddhist Centre in Kingsbury, London..
"The temple was visited by President Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka last Saturday and this incident is suspected to be related to his visit, temple sources said.
President Rajapaksa's government is engaged in a fierce war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to rid the country of the terrorist movement and its separatist campaign.. There are nearly 100,000 Sri Lankan Tamils living in the metropolitan London who wield some political power. Gangs related to the terrorist group are allegedly operating in the Kingsbury area.
The vandals entered the Buddhist temple premises at 1.30 in the morning, Friday, and smashed up many window panes on the downstairs of the buildings numbered 309 and 311 , and windscreens of the temple car and a hired minibus, using rods, said an eyewitness to the incident.
According to the sources, a resident monk had seen two Sri Lankan looking men smashing the windows on the left and right sides of the building and then the windscreen of the temple's car. When the monk had called for help the vandals fled, the sources added.
more info :
http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20080926_11
