| 12 Could 2022 Thursday 8:56:03 PM |     |
Worldwide Information Desk:
A Sri Lankan court docket has banned former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his politician son Namal and 15 associates from leaving the nation.
The court docket issued the order within the wake of violence towards anti-government protesters.
A decide within the capital, Colombo, has ordered police to research Monday’s assault on peaceable protesters, Al Jazeera reported. At the least 9 individuals had been killed within the assault, a court docket official mentioned. Nevertheless, the decide dismissed the applying because the police had the ability to detain the suspect.
Victims of Monday’s violence say Rajapaksa and his shut associates caused 3,000 supporters to the capital by bus. They instigated assaults on peaceable protesters. At the least 225 individuals had been hospitalized when pro-government protesters attacked protesters exterior Rajapaksa’s dwelling with sticks.
Anger over the assault rapidly unfold throughout the nation. Properties of Rajapaksa followers had been set on hearth in numerous locations. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned. He was later taken to a naval base together with his household.
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