How Sri Lanka students mobbed outside the PM Rajapaksa's residence in Colombo

Published on Apr 26, 2022 05:15 am IST

Thousands of Sri Lankan university students mobbed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's home demanding his resignation over the island nation's worsening economic crisis. The student leaders scaled the fence of Rajapaksa's compound in Colombo after police erected barricades on various roads around the capital to stop them from linking up with demonstrators elsewhere. Police said Mahinda Rajapaksa, the head of Sri Lanka's ruling clan, was not on the premises at the time and the crowd left peacefully.Watch the video for more details.

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