(13 Jul 2022)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Colombo – 13 July 2022
1. Various of security forces firing tear gas shells as they move toward protesters (not seen)
2. Tear gas smoke, protesters gathered outside Sri Lankan Prime Minister's office running away from tear gas
3. Security, pan to protesters gathered
4. Protesters shouting slogans
5. Protesters walking
6. Mid of an injured protester sitting on ground
7. Protesters walking
8. Various of protesters gathered outside Prime Minister's office
9. Various of army personnel
10. Woman standing in middle of road trying to stop a riot control vehicle
STORYLINE:
Thousands of Sri Lankans demanding that the prime minIster resign rallied outside his office in Colombo on Wednesday, some stormed the compound despite security presence.
As the protests escalated outside the prime minister's compound, his office imposed a state of emergency that gives broader powers to the military and police and declared an immediate curfew in the western province that includes Colombo.
Police used tear gas to try to disperse the crowd but failed and more and more marched down the lane and towards the office.
Some protesters who appeared to be unconscious were taken to a hospital.
Meanwhile, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country early Wednesday, slipping away only hours before he promised to step down under pressure from protesters angry over economic chaos that has triggered severe shortages of food and fuel.
Rajapaksa and his wife left aboard a Sri Lankan Air Force plane bound for the Maldives, the air force said in a statement.
While Rajapaksa agreed under pressure to resign Wednesday, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said he would leave once a new government was in place.
But that was not enough for many, especially since Rajapaksa appointed Wickremesinghe as acting president after fleeing.
AP video shot by Krutika Pathi, Jay Palipane and Rishi Lekhi
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