COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - A grenade exploded at a concert of Indian movie stars and entertainers in Sri Lanka's capital Saturday, killing at least two people and injuring 15, officials said.
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Earlier, police used tear gas to break up a protest by about 200 Buddhists who tried to prevent the concert, held a day before the anniversary of the death of a leading Buddhist cleric.
Sunday is the first anniversary of the death of Gangodawila Soma - a popular preacher who campaigned against conversions of Buddhists by Christians. Monks are a powerful political force in Buddhist-majority Sri Lanka.
Earlier Saturday, concert organizers met a group of monks and offered an apology for the event's timing, which the clergy accepted. But the monks' lay supporters protested the decision, accusing the monks of betrayal.
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