News Forum - Sri Lanka’s police shoot and kill protestor

[Thaiger]

Sri Lankan police shot and killed a protestor yesterday in an incident that quickly spread across social media. Police had opened fire on a crowd in the central town of Rambukkana, and at least three others were injured. Police said the protestor killed, a man, had refused to move from a railway line and had parked a fuel truck across the tracks. They said firing teargas at the crowd appeared to provoke the protestor, and they responded by firing live rounds Sri Lanka is in the midst of a crisis as tens of thousands of protestors across the country have […]

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[Fanta]

Dispersing protestors with tear gas and executing an unarmed civilian - that 2 checkboxes ticked on the CCP Loan  Application. Next up, a security pact aka compulsory loan insurance. 

[Poolie]

1 hour ago, Fanta said:

Dispersing protestors with tear gas and executing an unarmed civilian - that 2 checkboxes ticked on the CCP Loan  Application. Next up, a security pact aka compulsory loan insurance. 

Nowt to do with China at all.

[Noble_Design]

1 hour ago, Fanta said:

Dispersing protestors with tear gas and executing an unarmed civilian - that 2 checkboxes ticked on the CCP Loan  Application. Next up, a security pact aka compulsory loan insurance. 

Perhaps they learned from the Swedes?

https://www.dw.com/en/swedish-police-shoot-3-during-fresh-riots/a-61500315

[HiuMak]

Without social media all these would have swep up below the carpet.

[Fanta]

16 minutes ago, HiuMak said:

Without social media all these would have swep up below the carpet.

and Tk Tok is the price we have to pay… so be it. Nothing great comes without a huge sacrifice.