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Sri Lanka: protesters set fire to prime minister's home

Guardian, 10 Jul 2022
Protesters stormed the Sri Lankan prime minister's home and set it on fire during a day of mass unrest, as the country continues to struggle through its worst economic crisis since independence. Earlier Ranil Wickremesinghe had told a meeting of party leaders that he would resign as soon as a new all-party government was formed. The Sri Lankan president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has also agreed to resign after his residence was stormed by thousands of demonstrators
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