A "peace protest" in Sri Lanka turns violent when Buddhist monks begin fighting with demonstrators.
About 1,000 people were listening to speakers in a park when hardline monks took the stage and put up banners. They believe the government is too easy on the Tamil Tiger rebels.
Moderate Buddhist monks were already on stage when fists began flying. Witnesses say no one was seriously injured.
Pro-peace monk Madampawe Assagee, says, "They were saying we should go to war... We like to listen to other opinions so we let them do that but then they started fighting and we couldn't control some of our people. They tried to make it a big fight but we settled it in a few minutes."
Violence has been so rampant in Sri Lanka recently, many residents believe a two-decade old civil war has resumed.
A 2002 truce between the government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam is being threatened by an increase in rebel attacks.
