Sri Lanka police use tear gas to quell student demonstration

Sri Lankan police in the capital Colombo on Monday used water cannon and tear gas to quell a demonstration by university students highlighting student grievances.

Danushka Kumarasinghe, the spokesman for the students said that they were planning to hand over a communique outlining six grievances to the authorities. One of the demands was to restore drinking water supply to the university building. Protesting students claimed that four of them were injured while one of them was arrested by the police.

The students of the Rajarata University in the north central town of Anuradhapura arrived in the capital Colombo to walk to the offices of the University Grants Commission in Ward Place in Central Colombo.

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