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Over 300 Buddhist monks came together to invoke blessings for the Sri Lankan army, air force and navy, at a meeting attended by the Defence Secretary, Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday.
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The head of the Buddhist organisation - 'Hetata Ratak' National Organisation - presided over the ceremony. See more here.
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The Sri Lankan military stands accused of the deaths of tens of thousands of Tamils at the end of the armed conflict against the LTTE in 2009, as well as the torture, rape and enforced disappearance of Tamil civilians.