The United States Embassy in Colombo has announced that the embassy will close for public from 9.30 a.m today (24) due to planned demonstrations by Muslims over the anti Islamic film produced by USA.There are planned demonstrations scheduled to be held in Colombo today around 10.30 a.m and therefore embassy appealed from US Citizens to avoid traveling to embassy during demonstrations and stay away from areas where large crowds gather.
There were several demonstrations held in the city during last week over the anti Islamic film produced by USA and as a result police had closed the main road in front of embassy as security measure.meanwhile Sri Lankan government has decided not to screen the said anti Islamic film in Sri Lanka.
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