Another Catholic Church Attacked in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, JAN. 20, 2004 (Zenit.org).- Another Catholic church was attacked despite police protection amid rising assaults against minority Christians in this Buddhist-majority country, Agence France-Presse reported.

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Attackers brought tires and set fire to them at the door of St. Anthony’s Church at Hokandara, just outside Colombo, but police guards later dispersed the mob, a resident said Sunday. Three days earlier, another Catholic church in the area was set ablaze.

President Chandrika Kumaratunga has ordered a crackdown to stop attacks against Christian worship sites. Some Buddhist monks complain that Christian sects offer cash to poor people to persuade them to convert, a charge Christian groups deny.

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