Monday, July 29, 2019

Police Used Tear Gas To Diseperse Protest March Of Unemployed Graduates

Riot Police have fired tear gas and
water canons to disperse a protest march of Joint Unemployed Graduates Union held at Lotus Roundabout in Colombo Fort this  evening (29).

The incident occurred when the Protesting students demanding solutions for their issues had attempted to march towards Presidential Secretariet .

Police used road barricades to block the road to avoid protesters to move on .
However student protesters who had began their march from Colombo Fort Railway station had attemptrd  to march towards the preseidential Secretariet when they have faced the tear gas attack.

Several protesters have faced difficulties due to the attack and seen blaming Police over the attack .

Due to the protest Galle face entry road had closed down from Lotus Roundabout  this evening by the police. Due to this heavy traffic had prevailed in surrounding roads . 

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