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Newsday: 10/05/2022 04:06 GMT : Sri Lanka under nationwide curfew

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10/05/2022 04:06 GMT : Sri Lanka under nationwide curfew

Sri Lanka under nationwide curfew

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Anti-government violence spread across Sri Lanka on Monday after the Prime Minister quit

Anti-government violence spread across Sri Lanka on Monday after the Prime Minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa, quit.

A nationwide curfew has been imposed in Sri Lanka after violence engulfed the country on Monday claiming five lives and causing more than 180 injuries.

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