Buddhist Extremists Attack Christian-Run Children’s Home in Sri Lanka
Christian Solidarity Worldwide has reported of attacks by extremist Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka on a children's home in the country run by the Dutch Reformed Church.
Posted: Monday, August 14 , 2006

A 200-man mob, accompanied by extremist Buddhist monks, has attacked a children’s home, which was being run by the Dutch Reformed Church in central Sri Lanka at the beginning of August.

Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), a human rights organisation which specialises in religious freedom, has reported that the mob fiercely attacked the home, following which, they climbed to the roof and planted a Buddhist flag on the roof.

CSW reported that the mob forced their way into the children's home in Balana, Kandy District, assaulted staff and threatened to kill the “house parents”. They threw stones at the house and broke roof tiles and rainwater gutters. The fence surrounding the property was completely destroyed.

The attack came after posters were put up demanding that the Dutch Reformed Church cease renovation work on the orphanage. The building was under renovation at the time of the attack, and no children were present. the rest