The pastor was reportedly hit with a rock and was suffering 'severe pain in his lower abdomen'. Others were injured too. The mob destroyed furniture and equipment inside the church, as well as vehicles belonging to church members parked outside.
NCEASL reports that a group of Buddhist monks and lay people visited the pastor on Saturday and declared that he needed permission from Buddhist clergy to conduct Christian services in Weeraketiya. The pastor insisted that freedom of worship was his constitutional right but the visitors threatened to destroy the church if he did not stop conducting worship services. (Release International.)
So much for that 'Buddhists are all peace-loving stuff', eh?
