Muslim voters attacked as Sri Lanka elects president
(WorldNews Asia)

Buses taking Muslims to vote in Sri Lanka`s presidential election were shot at and pelted with stones on Saturday, in an attack seen as an attempt to intimidate the minority community from casting ballots in what is expected to be tight race. Sri Lankans were voting for the first time since the Easter Day bombings at churches and hotels that killed 269 people and were later claimed by ISIS. One of the leading candidates, the former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa who oversaw the military defeat of Tamil separatists 10 years ago, has vowed to overhaul national security, playing on the fears of the Sinhalese Buddhists majority...