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Farzad Salehi consoles his wife, Mehrsa Marjani, who was at a nearby cafe and witnessed the aftermath when a van plowed down a crowded sidewalk, killing multiple people and injuring others, Monday, April 23, 2018, in Toronto. (Aaron Vincent Elkaim/The Canadian Press via AP) less
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TORONTO (AP) — The latest on a van attack in Toronto which killed 10 people and injured 14 (all times local):

12:30 p.m.

A Buddhist temple in Toronto has identified one of the victims of Monday's van attack as a Canadian citizen who came to the country from Sri Lanka.

The Mahavihara Buddhist Meditations Center says Renuka Amarasingha (am-uh-ruh-SEEN'-yuh) was from Horana, Sri Lanka. She was 45 and lived with her 7-year-old son.

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Sri Lanka declares a state of emergency after mob attacks on Muslim communities by hardline Buddhists. A curfew has been put in place in the central district of Kandy after groups of Buddhists attacked Muslim-owned businesses, homes and a mosque. Soldiers will be deployed in civilian areas for an initial ten days, as authorities fear further clashes and potential retaliation. A young Muslim man's body was found in a burned- out building on Tuesday. Muslims make up just under 10% of the population, which is nearly 70% Sinhalese Buddhist. National identity Tensions between the two groups have grown in Sri Lanka since 2012, said to be fuelled by Buddhist extremists and backed by the nationalist Buddhist organisation, Bodu Bala Sena (BBS). The BBS was founded by monks in 2012 and is based at a Buddhist cultural centre in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo. BBS supporters accuse Muslims of forcing people to convert to Islam and of vandalising religious sites. They are also unhappy with the amount of displaced Rohingya seeking asylum in Sri Lanka, after fleeing persecution in mostly Buddhist Myanmar. In September, the United Nations raised concern for the safety of Rohingya Muslim asylum seekers in Sri Lanka after Buddhist monks and hardline nationalists forced them to flee a U.N. shelter in Colombo. ‘Hold accountable’ Human rights group Amnesty International warned that the state of emergency would give the government a series of sweeping powers including to search, arrest, and detain. Amnesty International’s South Asia Director said in a statemen t: “It is important that the authorities take action against mobs who have incited hatred and carried out acts of violence against religious minorities. They have a duty to protect vulnerable groups and hold the perpetrators accountable. But a state of emergency must not become a pretext for further human rights abuses” The country was under a decades-long state of emergency during the civil war- when the government fought Tamil rebels.

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Chief monk Ahangama Rathanasiri Thero (AN'-guh-mah Rah-than-ah-SEER'-ah THEER'-oh) says Amarasingha worked at school cafeterias and attended the temple frequently, sometimes helping arrange religious ceremonies.

Friend Thilina Pelendage says she was known for her humorous nature and for never forgetting people's birthdays.

Pelendage says that she had no other relatives in Toronto and that another family in Toronto's Sri Lankan community with whom Amarasingha once lived plans to care for her son.

The temple will make funeral arrangements.

Toronto police say the 10 people killed and 14 injured in the attack were "predominantly" women.