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Sri Lanka: One dead, 12 hurt as police fire at anti-fuel price hike protesters
Updated On: 19 April, 2022 08:34 PM IST | Colombo | IANS
In Rambukka, 85 km from Colombo, protesters demanded fuel stored at filling stations at old rates. They later blocked all the roads and railway lines in Rambukka, completely cutting off the access to the city
Protesters block a road in Rambukkana after police shot dead a protester and wounded 24 others on April 19 in the first fatal clash with residents demonstrating against the government over the island nation's crippling economic crisis. Pic/AFP
One person was killed while 12 others were injured as police fired upon protesters who took to the streets in Central Sri Lanka against the overnight fuel price hike in the crisis-hit island nation.
Protests erupted around the country on Tuesday after the state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) increased fuel prices to record high w.e.f. Monday midnight.
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