Sri Lanka Highlights: Sri Lankan security forces Friday raided a protest camp occupying government grounds in Colombo and cleared out a section of it, a sign that the country’s new president Ranil Wickremesinghe was cracking down a day after his swearing-in. “A joint operation involving the military, police and police special forces was launched in
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COLOMBO - Sri Lankan security forces raided and partially cleared a protest camp occupying government grounds in Colombo early on Friday (July 22), fuelling fears that President Ranil Wickremesinghe had launched a crackdown a day after being sworn in. Media footage showed soldiers in riot gear and armed with assault rifles tearing down the camp, set up in April by.