Police fire tear-gas on anti-SAITM protest

13 Mar, 2017

The police fired tear-gas on an anti-SAITM protest staged in Fort today.

The protest was staged by the Inter University Student’s Federation (IUSF).

The police used tear-gas and water cannons as the protesters attempted to forcibly enter the Presidential Secretariat.

As series of protests have been staged against the?SAITM Malabe campus over the past few weeks. (Colombo Gazette)

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