Sri Lanka's Emergency

Sri Lanka has issued a state of emergency for 10 days. A new curfew was issued in Kandy after the announcement of the emergency announcement on Tuesday. Then the armed police commando named after the city streets.

According to a Reuters news agency quoting a government spokesman, a state of emergency has been issued for communal riots so that they can not spread.

There was a clash between Buddhists and Muslim communities in Kandy on Monday.

Government spokesman Dayasiri Jayasekara said, "A special meeting of the cabinet has decided to issue an emergency. Emergency will continue throughout the country for the next 10 days to prevent communal riots. He also said that some people are trying to provoke riots using social media. Jayasakekara warns that strict action will be taken against these people.

A spokesman for the local police told AFP that hundreds of commandos were deployed by the Special Task Force of the police in the streets of the rioting. In the riots yesterday, two people have been killed and many houses of Muslims have been damaged. Nearly 24 people have been arrested in the riots.