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Thousands of students mob Sri Lanka PM's home over economic trouble

Dozens were demonstrating from the parapet and boundary walls of the official residence - in images similar to that of a seize

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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The agitators demanded both President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Mahinda Rajapaksa resign

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Thousands of Sri Lankan university students mobbed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's home on Sunday demanding his resignation over the island nation's worsening economic crisis. Thousands of Inter University Students’ Federation students were seen sloganeering outside the Prime Minister’s Residence in Wijerama Mawatha. Dozens were demonstrating from the parapet and boundary walls of the official residence - in images similar to that of a seize. The agitators demanded both President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Mahinda Rajapaksa resign. Facing off against rows of police holding riot shields, protesters tried to pull down the barricades preventing them from entering the residence. Some defaced the

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