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| Sri Lanka Buddhist monk dies after self-immolation | Sri Lanka Buddhist monk dies after self-immolation |
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| A Buddhist monk who set himself alight as an act of protest has died of his injuries in Sri Lanka. | A Buddhist monk who set himself alight as an act of protest has died of his injuries in Sri Lanka. |
| Bowatte Indarathana was protesting against the slaughter of cattle and the alleged conversion of Buddhists by the country's minority faiths. | Bowatte Indarathana was protesting against the slaughter of cattle and the alleged conversion of Buddhists by the country's minority faiths. |
| He set himself on fire on Friday outside the country's holiest shrine - the Temple of the Tooth in the central city of Kandy. | |
| The government condemned media outlets showing shocking video of the incident. | The government condemned media outlets showing shocking video of the incident. |
| 'Drawing the line' | 'Drawing the line' |
| The monk - believed to be aged 30 - belonged to a Buddhist revivalist group which has been campaigning against the Muslim halal method of slaughtering animals. | The monk - believed to be aged 30 - belonged to a Buddhist revivalist group which has been campaigning against the Muslim halal method of slaughtering animals. |
| Buddhism forbids its own believers from killing animals but many Buddhists in Sri Lanka do eat meat, including beef, the BBC's Charles Haviland says. | Buddhism forbids its own believers from killing animals but many Buddhists in Sri Lanka do eat meat, including beef, the BBC's Charles Haviland says. |
| Venerable Indarathana had also been calling for an end to proselytising by Christians and followers of other faiths in the Buddhist-majority nation of about 20m people. | Venerable Indarathana had also been calling for an end to proselytising by Christians and followers of other faiths in the Buddhist-majority nation of about 20m people. |
| Dozens of monks from the same group and their supporters later staged a demonstration in the capital Colombo after the authorities rejected their demand for the monk to be given a state funeral. | Dozens of monks from the same group and their supporters later staged a demonstration in the capital Colombo after the authorities rejected their demand for the monk to be given a state funeral. |
| Self-immolation by Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka is exceptionally rare, although many Tibetan monks have recently committed suicide in this way for political reasons, our correspondent adds. | Self-immolation by Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka is exceptionally rare, although many Tibetan monks have recently committed suicide in this way for political reasons, our correspondent adds. |
| Meanwhile, senior government official Charith Herath told the BBC the monk had forewarned a reporter from a private TV station of his plan and the journalist then filmed the suicide instead of preventing it. | Meanwhile, senior government official Charith Herath told the BBC the monk had forewarned a reporter from a private TV station of his plan and the journalist then filmed the suicide instead of preventing it. |
| The official said the media should "draw the line" and stop certain things happening. | The official said the media should "draw the line" and stop certain things happening. |