First killing by police in Sri Lanka protests

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka police shot dead a protester and wounded 24 others on Tuesday in the first fatal clash with residents demonstrating against the government over a crippling economic crisis.

Police fired live rounds at a crowd that had blockaded a railway line and highway connecting the capital Colombo with the central city of Kandy to protest oil shortages and high prices.Another 16 protesters were wounded, with eight in need of emergency surgery, while a further eight police officers were injured, the hospital official said.

The protest was one of many spontaneous gatherings staged around Sri Lanka on Tuesday, after the country's main petrol retailer hiked prices by nearly 65 per cent. Anti-government demonstrators flash their mobile phone lights during a silent protest near the president's office in Colombo on April 19, 2022, to pay tribute to a protestor reportedly shot by the police during a demonstration against the government over the nation's crippling economic crisis. The US ambassador to Sri Lanka, Julie Chung, said she was"deeply saddened" by the incident.

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