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Sri Lanka protests continue as police fire live ammunition and tear gas, killing one | South China Morning Post

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Sri Lanka’s protests turned fatal for the first time since they began in March 2022, after police fired live ammunition and tear gas to disperse protests in the central town of Rambukkana. At least one person was killed and a dozen others were injured. Protests continued across the country, as demonstrators voiced a…

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