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Sri Lanka PM declares state of emergency, curfew - spokesman

Ranil Wickremesinghe Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa Maldives

People stand next to the private residence of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, after demonstrators burnt it during a protest against him, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka July 10, 2022. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has declared a state of emergency in his role as the acting president, after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives on Wednesday, leading to more protests amid an economic crisis.

"The prime minister as acting president has declared a state of emergency (countrywide) and imposed a curfew in the western province," Wickremesinghe's media secretary, Dinouk Colombage, told Reuters. The curfew comes into effect immediately.

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe gestures as he speaks during an interview with Reuters at his office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 24, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

(Reporting by Uditha Jayasinghe; Writing by Krishna N. Das; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)

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