Sri Lankan PM quits after supporters run riot


Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa sends his letter of resignation to his younger brother, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, clearing the way for a ‘new unity government’. – EPA pic, May 9, 2022.

SRI Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned today after dozens of people were hospitalised when his supporters armed with sticks and clubs attacked protesters.

The country has suffered months of blackouts and dire shortages of food, fuel and medicines in its worst economic crisis since independence, sparking weeks of overwhelmingly peaceful anti-government demonstrations.


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