The targeting of the Muslim community was instigated by a group of racist Sinhalese individuals, consisting largely of hooligans, who were motivated by the uproar and attention such an act would create, rather than by any identifiable ideology.
Нападение на мусульманскую общину спровоцировали сингальские расисты, состоящие в основном из хулиганов, для которых мотиватором послужили шумиха и внимание вокруг ситуации, а не какая-либо идеология.