Leader of the Mahason Balakaya Amith Weerasinghe has been arrested over the violent clashes that erupted in Kuliyapitiya and Minuwangoda.
Police spokesperson SP Ruwan Gunesekara said Weerasinghe was arrested by a special team in teh Theldeniya area today.
A Muslim man, reportedly a carpenter by profession was killed by a mob on Monday, Police said, in a violent backlash against last month's bombings.
The 45-year-old died of injuries sustained when a crowd stormed his carpentry workshop in the Puttalam district and slashed him.
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