The Colombo Telegraph website received this clip of the purported catalyst which triggered a riot in Aluthgama, Sri Lanka on Sunday.
The clip has also been posted on a Facebook page purported to be that of the Bodu Bala Sena extremist Buddhist group, under the title “who started the riot?”.
The Colombo Telegraph cannot independently verify the authenticity of the video, but elderly Muslims are seen calming bystanders who are believed to be Muslims by raising their hands upward.
At the end of the clip a few youth start throwing unknown items that they carried towards the bystanders who then flee.
Many of the Sinhala media attempted to show that it was the Muslims who attacked the procession first. But this video shows an organised group who were walking in the procession and started pelting stones at the Muslim bystanders.
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