Old clip misrepresented as infighting among jailed Sri Lankan monk's supporters

Sections of Sri Lanka's politically influential Buddhist clergy staged anti-government rallies in October 2026 alongside opposition supporters to protest the reinstatement of a prison sentence for firebrand monk Galagodaatte Gnanasara. But social media footage claimed to show a quarrel among the demonstrators is unrelated, with the circulating posts appearing to stoke religious tensions in the Buddhist-majority island nation. In reality, the clip shows an incident during massive protests in 2022.