Sri Lanka crisis LIVE Updates: Sri Lanka's economic crisis has escalated into a civil unrest following the resignation of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on May 9. Soon after Rajapaksa's resignation, his supporters clashed with the anti-government protesters. The ancestral home of the politically-influential Rajapaksa family in Hambantota was set on fire by protesters. The homes of several ministers and ex-ministers were also attacked and set on fire in the violence that followed. Sri Lankan government has imposed a nationwide curfew and ordered military personnel to fire on anyone looting public property or causing harm to others. Eight people have died and around 250 people have been injured in the violence.
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Five people were killed and more than 225 wounded in a wave of violence in Sri Lanka where the prime minister resigned after weeks of protests over the worsening economic crisis.