Sri Lanka acting President, PM Wickremesinghe orders armed forces to control mayhem

Colombo, Jul 13: Amid mayhem and chaos in Sri Lanka, acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe instructed armed forces and police to bring the current situation under control. Worsening protests have already resulted in the Sri Lanka security personnel to resort to tear-gas shelling.

 

 

 

 

According Sri Lankan media, "Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe says armed forces and police instructed to bring the current situation under control." As protests intensified in the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo, protestors who had gathered outside Sri Lanka PM's office have taken over his residence at Flower Road in Colombo.

 

 

 

 

 

Security personnel today resorted to tear-gas shelling to drive away protestors on the streets of Colombo. The reports come as the embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, escaped to the Maldives. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was appointed the interim President of Sri Lanka.

 

Wickremesinghe also declared an emergency and imposed a curfew in the western province of the country as protesters came prepared to face tear gas shelling by security forces deployed outside Wickremesinghe's residence. Air patrolling also began around the PM's residence.