Sri Lanka Crisis in Pictures
Desk Report
Published: 11 May 2022, 04:13 pm
Vehicles of Sri Lanka's governing party supporters are seen in a lake after being pushed into the water during a clash between pro- and anti-government demonstrators near the prime minister's official residence in Colombo || Photo: Reuters
Sri Lanka's pro-government supporters vandalise the camps of anti-government protesters outside the president's office in Colombo || Photo: AP
Protests have drawn people from across ethnicities, religions and classes and have even seen a marked revolt from some Rajapaksa supporters, many of whom have spent weeks calling for both the brothers to quit || Photo: AP
The pressure on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to quit has mounted following his brother’s resignation, analysts say. Photo: Reuters
Soldiers stand guard in front of the prime minister's official residence after the government imposed a three-day curfew following clashes between pro- and anti-government demonstrators || Photo: Reuters
No arrests have been made yet in the incidents of violence, the spokesman said, attributing three of the deaths to gunshot injuries || Photo: Reuters
Military personnel patrol the area where vehicles were torched. Discarded files and smashed equipment littered the ransacked offices of government officials || Photo: Reuters
Defying a nationwide curfew in Sri Lanka, hundreds of protesters continue to chant slogans against the government a day after the resignation of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. The premier is blamed, along with his younger brother, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, for leading the country into its worst economic crisis since gaining independence in 1948. Protesters swarmed the entrance to the president’s office in Colombo for the 32nd day to demand that he follow in his brother’s footsteps and quit.