Curfew announced for Colombo after one person is injured during angry scenes as crowds demand resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa
A protest by hundreds of people trying to storm the home of Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has turned violent, with at least one man critically wounded, as residents criticised the government’s handling of the country’s crippling economic crisis.
Security forces fired into the crowd – it was not immediately clear if they used live rounds or rubber bullets – and used teargas and water cannon to disperse the demonstrators, who were demanding Rajapaksa’s resignation.
