Sri Lanka Buddhist monk dies after self-immolation

Bowatte Indarathana was protesting against the slaughter of cattle and the conversion of Buddhists by the country's minority faiths. He set himself on fire on Saturday outside the country's holiest shrine - the Temple of the Tooth in the central city of Kandy. via Pocket http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22677058#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa