A leading Buddhist temple in the Metropolitan London has been vandalized in the early hours of today by LTTE activists in the UK. "I suspect our temple has been vandalized by pro-LTTE elements in the area" said Venerable Galayaye Piyadassi, Abbot of the Sri Sadhdhatissa International Buddhist Centre in Kingsbury, London.
It was only a week ago that President Mahinda Rajapaksa, on his way to the UN General Assembly in New York, visited the temple. There are nearly 100,000 Sri Lankan Tamils living in the metropolitan London who wield some political power. Gangs related to the terrorist group are allegedly operating in the Kingsbury area.
The vandals entered the Buddhist temple premises at 1.30 in the morning , Friday, and smashed up many window panes on the downstairs of the buildings numbered 309 and 311 , and wind screens of the temple car and a hired minibus, by using rods, said an eyewitness to the incident.