United against hate

Members of the Purawesi Balaya group hold a rally calling for calm following violence in Kandy, in Colombo on March 8, 2018. A daytime curfew was relaxed on March 8 in the troubled central district where three people were killed in anti-Muslim riots, but schools remained closed as beefed-up security forces patrolled the streets. More than 200 homes, businesses and vehicles were set ablaze during three days of violence