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The small Methodist Prayer Centre in Kundichchaankulama, Anuradhapura held Good Friday services this week under police protection.
The 15 year old religious centre has been in the eye of the storm since Palm Sunday, (the beginning of ‘Holy Week’ for followers of the Christian faith), that’s when mobs hurled stones and firecrackers at the building, following the arrival...