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Offline TomSea

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They are having some sort of problem over whom is running the government over there (obviously).

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Sri Lanka crisis turns violent as one killed at ex-minister's office

Shihar Aneez, Ranga Sirilal

COLOMBO (Reuters) - A political crisis in Sri Lanka took a deadly turn on Sunday, with one person killed when a sacked cabinet minister tried to re-enter his office, days after the president removed the prime minister and installed a powerful ally of China in his place.

Sri Lanka has been plunged into crisis since Friday, when President Maithripala Sirisena abruptly sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and swore in ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa as the new prime minister to replace him.

Sirisena said the move was motivated by a plot to kill him, and by economic collapse. Wickremesinghe says it was illegal and he is still prime minister.

Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sri-lanka-politics-shooting/sri-lanka-crisis-turns-violent-as-one-killed-at-ex-ministers-office-idUSKCN1N20CF