COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Government and opposition lawmakers brawled on the floor of Sri Lanka’s parliament Tuesday, in a fistfight that injured two Buddhist monks.
The scuffle broke out when members of the president’s governing party tried to block Akmeemana Dayaratana – a member of a Buddhist monk-led opposition party – from taking his oath to become a member of Parliament, officials at the legislature said on condition of anonymity.
Dayaratana and another monk, Kollonnawe Sri Sumangala, were hurt in the fight and taken to a hospital.
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If you read Kim by Rudyard Kipling, you will learn that brawling and duels among Buddhist monks is a tradition of long-standing.