Sri Lanka Army on Sunday admitted that soldiers opened fire During a mass protest the day before but he said military personnel didn’t mean cause Deliberate harm to protesters.
The army has categorically denied opening it fire towards the protesters, but they shot a few of them rounds to me air and side walls of The main “Entering the gate to the president’s house complex is a deterrent,” she added. in a permit.
Video footage circulated in the early hours of Sunday morning showed heavily armed and masked men soldiers take aim and firing on the walls of Presidential Palace with Obviously the protesters on other sideTamil guardian website mentioned.
‘Shooting at air And the side walls do not necessarily mean that these army personnel on duty was an intention on intentionally causing harm to demonstrators,” added Military statement.
On Saturday, thousands of protesters in Sri Lanka stormed the president’s house official Residence and demanded his resignation immediately.
The parliament Loudspeaker hours after, after announced President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will resign on July 13, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe also Expressed his wish step down After forming of Allparty government.
Request #%s of gas distribution
Meanwhile, Sri Lanka media Ports reported that a ship carrying 3,700 metric tons of LNG has reached the shores of Country.
The second shipment of 3740 metric tons of Set to LNG arrive on Monday, according to the presidential secretariat in Sri Lanka.
He. She also He said Rajapaksa has instructed officials to speed up the distribution process of gas after first The ship has arrived on Early Sunday.
crippled by deficiency of Foreign currency, island country of 22 million people Have defaulted on All of Foreigner debt.
Amid the devaluation of the currency and high inflation, the country was unable to pay for Gasoline and other necessities generated in opposite-government protests. Shortage of fuel for power stations have also yielded in continuous power cuts. State employees asked work from home while schools are closed.
The government negotiating a rescue package with International Monetary Fund.
