US Envoy to Sri Lanka Calls for Full Probe Into Fatal Police Shooting

US Envoy to Sri Lanka Calls for Full Probe Into Fatal Police Shooting
Protesters block a road in Rambukkana on April 19, 2022. Sri Lanka police shot dead a protester and wounded 24 others on April 19 in the first fatal clash with residents demonstrating against the government over the island nation's crippling economic crisis. AFP via Getty Images
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The U.S. ambassador to Sri Lanka has called for a “full and transparent investigation” into the police shooting of unarmed protesters in the central town of Rambukkana, which killed at least one person.

One person was killed and 24 others, including eight police officers, were injured after clashes broke out between protesters and police in Rambukkana on April 19, local media Adaderana reported.