Tear-gassed

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Police fired tear-gas and used water cannons to disperse protesting students of the Higher National Diploma (HND) at the Lotus Roundabout today. Pix by Shantha Ratnayake

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Kuri Kuri Wednesday, 27 February 2019 05:15 AM

I totally support and am proud of the SL police women ...but whoose orders was is to put them only the police women on the frontline? I dont think it was fair to endager their safety

lion Wednesday, 27 February 2019 05:49 AM

tear gas is not enough batten charge them to stop this menace which disrupt public life.If it is MR live bullets may have been used.

max Wednesday, 27 February 2019 10:12 AM

they should be thrashed they would not create disturbances again

Muditha Siriwardena Wednesday, 27 February 2019 06:18 PM

Why cannot these University Students protests cannot be banned from the financial hub / Five Star hotels circle. These morons are implicating loses up to billions of rupees to the country, its our money, peoples money. We pay them to study free of charge, additionally incur losses due to blockades of roads. We cannot take it any more.

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