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Sri Lanka
Thousands of protesters in Sri Lanka storm president's official residence and take dip in swimming pool after crowds broke through police barricades during anti-government march
2022-07-09
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Thousands of protestors in Sri Lanka have stormed the presidential palace in capital city of Colombo

  • There has been public anger directed at President Gotabaya Rajapaksa with numerous protests since March

  • Police fired tear gas and bullets into the air in an effort to keep crowds back but but they surged past them

  • The country is experiencing an acute shortage of fuel, food and medicine due to a lack of foreign currency
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Posted by: Rex Mundi   2022-07-09 14:34  

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