A senior member of Bodu Bala Sena has warned that "all the buildings in the country would become prisons and trees would become gallows", if the organisation's leader Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thero was to be arrested.
The head of BBS's Education and Research Section also added that “there are thousands willing to go to prison if Gnanasara Thero is arrested”, reported FT.lk.
His statement comes as Gnanasara Thero, the monk who heads the organisation and regularly gives inflammatory speeches, challenged police to arrest him, saying “they would perish if they proceeded”, according to ColomboPage.
Earlier this week the BBS had revealed the United States had revoked a visa that was issued for the group's leader.
Meanwhile BBS vowed to continue their fight against “Muslim extremism”, with Media Spokesman Dilantha Vithanage saying there was an “international conspiracy” against the group.
He went on to add,
The head of BBS's Education and Research Section also added that “there are thousands willing to go to prison if Gnanasara Thero is arrested”, reported FT.lk.
His statement comes as Gnanasara Thero, the monk who heads the organisation and regularly gives inflammatory speeches, challenged police to arrest him, saying “they would perish if they proceeded”, according to ColomboPage.
Earlier this week the BBS had revealed the United States had revoked a visa that was issued for the group's leader.
Meanwhile BBS vowed to continue their fight against “Muslim extremism”, with Media Spokesman Dilantha Vithanage saying there was an “international conspiracy” against the group.
He went on to add,
“If we wanted to attack innocent Muslims, we could have avoided our presence and we wouldn’t have gone there. We could have easily allowed clashes between Muslims and Sinhalese, but we intervened because we wanted to maintain peace in this country.”