In Sri Lanka, a 36-hour curfew has been announced due to a state of emergency in the midst of fierce protests against food and fuel shortages. The move aims to stop new protests two days after a crowd was accused of setting fire to a vehicle near the president’s mansion. troops have been deployed and are authorized to arrest suspects without a warrant. Sri Lanka is in the midst of a major economic crisis.
This is partly due to the lack of foreign exchange to pay for fuel imports. With power outages lasting more than and a half days and a shortage of fuel and necessities, the anger of the island nation has reached a new height of 22 million. Protests outside President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s house began peacefully on Thursday, but participants said things were intensified after police fired tear gas and water cannons and beat the current people. Stated. 4,444 demonstrators threw stones and counterattacked the police.
At least 20 police officers were reportedly injured in the crash, according to Reuters.
Intensified protests in front of Sri Lankan leader’s house How rising living costs are hitting Sri Lanka On Friday, 53 protesters were arrested and local media reported that five news photographers were detained and tortured at the police station. The government said it would investigate the latter claim.
Despite the crackdown on, protests continued and spread to other parts of the country. 4,444 demonstrators in the capital had placards calling for the resignation of the president.
