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First protest death boosts calls to oust Sri Lanka President Rajapaksa

Sri Lanka's economic crisis -- the worst since it gained independence more than 70 years ago -- has brought angry citizens to the streets demanding the ouster of the Rajapaksa family

Members of Sri Lankas opposition political party National Peoples Power shout anti-government slogans during a protest rally in Colombo (Photo: AP/PTI)
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Members of Sri Lankas opposition political party National Peoples Power shout anti-government slogans during a protest rally in Colombo (Photo: AP/PTI)

Muneeza Naqvi | Bloomberg
The first fatality after weeks of protests in Sri Lanka over food and fuel shortages intensified calls for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign, with a key opposition leader saying Rajapaksa was “responsible for every death.”

Officers fired live rounds Tuesday night in the central Rambukkana area after tear gas failed to dispel a group of protesters who had blocked a train track and tried to set fire to a diesel truck, the police media unit in capital Colombo said by phone. One person was killed in the clash, according to Agence France-Presse and several local media outlets.

Those injured, including police officers, were

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