Grenade kills one as social media blocked

By Shihar Aneez and Ranga Sirilal
Updated March 8 2018 - 6:56am, first published 6:41am
Sri Lankan Muslims inspect their fire-gutted property in Kandy.
Sri Lankan Muslims inspect their fire-gutted property in Kandy.

A grenade blast has killed one person in further violence between majority Buddhist Sinhalese and minority Muslims in Sri Lanka despite the government's blocking of social media in efforts to halt the bloodshed.

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