SRI LANKA: ONE KILLED IN SHOOTING ON PROTESTING FISHERMEN

Sri Lanka Mirror
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One person was killed and another critically injured when police fired at fishermen in Chilaw who had been demanding a reduction in fuel prices.

The protestors had been marching from the fish market to the heart of the town, when police first used teargas and then live bullets against them.

Police said teargas had to be fired at a protest in Chilaw to disperse the protestors.

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