Protesting medical students teargassed

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Colombo, May 03 - Tensions escalated near Viharamahadevi Park in Colombo 07 as police resorted to using water cannons to disperse a group of protesting medical students.

The demonstration was organized by medical students against the proposed introduction of private medical colleges within the nation's borders.

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