Video: Tense situ in Pettah

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A tense situation is reported in Pettah outside the Fort Railway Station due to a protest staged by the Sinhala Ravaya organisation against cattle-slaughter blocking Olcott Mawatha.

Sources said that water canons had been brought to the scene by the Police.

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Camera by Pradeep Pathirana

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