{"id":43627,"date":"2022-04-20T20:30:12","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T15:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=43627"},"modified":"2022-04-20T16:24:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T11:24:47","slug":"sri-lanka-to-investigate-after-anti-government-protests-turn-deadly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-world-news\/sri-lanka-to-investigate-after-anti-government-protests-turn-deadly\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka to investigate after anti-government protests turn deadly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>COLOMBO \u2013 April 20 (ONLINE) Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said on Wednesday he expects the police to properly investigate clashes with anti-government protesters that led to the first death in weeks of civil unrest over an economic crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Police fired live ammunition to scatter protesters on Tuesday in Rambukkana town, northeast of the commercial capital Colombo, killing one person and wounding a dozen.<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrations have roiled the South Asian island nation of 22 million people for weeks, with people infuriated by what they see as the government&#8217;s mishandling of the economy that has led to shortages of fuel and other items and brought prolonged power cuts.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting broke out after protesters blocked a railway line and stopped a fuel tanker attempting to cross it, residents and a government minister said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Deeply distressed following the tragedy in Rambukkana,&#8221; Rajapaksa said on Twitter. &#8220;I have every confidence that a strict, impartial investigation will be carried out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rambukkana was calm on Wednesday with minimal security on the streets. A four-member police forensics team combed the area around the railway crossing where the clash took place.<\/p>\n<p>Police also cordoned off part of a petrol station where violence also flared, including a small dusty, blood-stained patch. Rocks, ammunition casings and spent tear gas canisters were strewn about.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne hundred percent, the responsibility is with the police,\u201d resident Indika Priyantha Kumara, 50, told Reuters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COLOMBO \u2013 April 20 (ONLINE) Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said on Wednesday he expects the police to properly investigate clashes with anti-government protesters that led to the first death in weeks of civil unrest over an economic crisis. 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