COLOMBO (News 1st); President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said that Sri Lanka Police will carry out an impartial & transparent inquiry into the incident at Rambukkana.

In a tweet the President said that Sri Lankan citizens’ right to peacefully protest won’t be hindered.

The President further urged all citizens to refrain from violence as they protest.

Sri Lankan citizens’ right to peacefully protest wont be hindered. @SL_PoliceMedia will carry out an impartial & transparent inquiry re the incident at Rambukkana which led to the tragedy for which I’m deeply saddened. I urge all citizens to refrain from violence as they protest.

— Gotabaya Rajapaksa (@GotabayaR) April 20, 2022

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