Buddhists throng city to glimpse sacred tooth


Buddhist devotees flocking to see a sacred tooth in Sri Lanka were urged to stay clear by police after hundreds of people queuing fell sick and a woman died.

Regional police chief Lalith Pathinayake said queues in the city of Kandy were already 10km long to worship what Buddhists believe to be a tooth of the Buddha – a special showing of the relic that will end on Sunday.

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