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Sri Lanka crowds now chasing and killing the Rich as food and energy shortages hit. Over 200 dead so far, police use live rounds.pic.twitter.com/vqFo2ImHWF— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) July 8, 2022
(Some bloggers are saying this particular video was taken a few weeks ago or longer. This has not been verified. But the current crisis – gas and food shortages are real and have been on-going for many months. And, the situation is now becoming worse.)
Situation tendue à Colombo au #SriLanka, le gouvernement vient d’instaurer un couvre-feu policier. Le pays est à l’arrêt complet en raison de la pénurie de pétrole. Ces derniers jours, 16 personnes sont mortes en faisant la queue pendant des jours pour récupérer du carburant pic.twitter.com/o09HgrhipH— Anonyme Citoyen (@AnonymeCitoyen) July 8, 2022
translation:
“Standing situation in Colombo at #Srilanka, the government has just established a police curfew. The country is at full stop due to the shortage of oil. In recent days, 16 people have died in line for days to recover fuel”
The power is out in the supermarkets in Sri lanka 🇱🇰. People are shopping in the dark.
Fuel sales are banned for private citizens and guarded by the military.
Trains are vastly over-crowded.
The Gov’t has appealed to 🇷🇺 Russia to buy energy on credit. pic.twitter.com/ixa7Bq5GhY— Libertariananitionalist (@RiceEat17712218) July 8, 2022
Sri Lanka bans the sale of fuel to private cars. Fuel is allocated only for emergency vehicles, buses and rail transport pic.twitter.com/O2MNXtvNsQ— Spriteer (@spriteer_774400) July 7, 2022
“Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia.”
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