‘Shoot-on-sight’ orders for Sri Lankan military trying to quell violent protests | South China Morning Post

Sri Lankan security forces have been ordered to open fire on protesters caught breaking the law in a bid to quell anti-government rallies. Demonstrators are calling for the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the island nation’s worst economic crisis in history. A countrywide curfew has been imposed and…

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