Sri Lankan monk sets himself ablaze over cow slaughter

May 24, 2013 07:52 pm | Updated 07:53 pm IST - Colombo

Bowatte Indrarathane, a Buddhist monk, walks after self immolating outside the sacred Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, Sri Lanka.

Bowatte Indrarathane, a Buddhist monk, walks after self immolating outside the sacred Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, Sri Lanka.

A monk in Sri Lanka has suffered serious injuries after setting himself on fire in front of the Temple of Tooth, a venerated Buddhist site in Kandy, to protest against the slaughter of cows, officials said.

“He was flown by helicopter to a hospital in the capital and is currently in a very critical condition,” said a hospital spokesman of the monk who has been identified as Bowatte Indrarathne.

A basic Buddhist belief is not to take any life.

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