: Sri Lanka: One killed, 15 injured as police fire at protestors in Rambukkana town #IndiaNEWS One person was killed and 15 injured in Sri Lanka’s Rambukkana town on Tuesday as the police opened fire

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Sri Lanka: One killed, 15 injured as police fire at protestors in Rambukkana town #IndiaNEWS
One person was killed and 15 injured in Sri Lanka’s Rambukkana town on Tuesday as the police opened fire to disperse protestors, reported PTI. This is the first killing in protests in Sri Lanka which started last month over an economic crisis in the country. The protestors have been demanding the resignations of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his brother, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.Amid a decline in the country’s foreign currency reserves and huge public debts, Sri Lankans are facing shortages of medicines, milk powder, cooking gas, kerosene and other essential items.VIDEO: Protests in Sri Lanka amid painful economic downturn.A severe fuel shortage has sparked spontaneous protests across Sri Lanka, with tens of thousands of angry motorists burning tyres and blocking a major road leading into the capital, police and local officials say pic.twitter.com/ay4t2Ah0ct— AFP News Agency (@AFP) April 19, 2022 On Tuesday, the residents of Rambukkana were protesting a shortage of fuel and hike in its prices. The rates were increased by nearly Rs 80 per litre on Monday, reported the Hindustan Times. The police fired at the protestors who had blocked a highway, resulting in injuries and death, hospital and police officials told AFP.Police spokesperson Nihal Thalduwa said the force opened fire to control the situation.“Fifteen people who were injured in the incident...Read more

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