Unknown event in Western Province, Colombo area, Sri Lanka on Tue 10th May 2022

The death toll rose to eight and over 200 persons have also been injured in Colombo and other cities on May 10 in the unprecedented violence in Sri Lanka that erupted after supporters of former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa attacked peaceful anti-Government protesters demanding his ouster over the country's worst economic crisis that led to acute shortages of staple food, fuel and power, reports The Tribune. Mahinda Rajapaksa (76), resigned as Sri Lankan Prime Minister on May 9 amid unprecedented economic turmoil, hours after his supporters attacked anti-Government protesters, prompting authorities to impose a nationwide curfew and deploy Army troops in the capital. The violence saw arson attacks on the homes of several politicians, including the ancestral home of the Rajapaksas in Hambantota. Video footage showed the entire house of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his younger brother and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Medamulana in Hambantota city was burning.