Police disperse IUSF protest demanding solutions to challenges confronting state university system (PHOTOS)

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January 17, Colombo (LNW): The Police today (17) utilised water cannons and tear gas to disperse a protest organised by the Inter-University Students’ Federation (IUSF) near the University of Sri Jayawardenapura.

The demonstration aimed at highlighting and seeking solutions to the challenges confronting the state university system.

As the protest march approached Wijerama from the university’s front, law enforcement deployed tear gas and water cannons on five separate occasions.

The confrontations resulted in heated situations between the police and the participating students.

Photo Courtesy: Ajith Senevirathne

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