Lawmakers injured in fisticuffs inside Sri Lanka parliament

Author: Agencies

COLOMBO: Several lawmakers were injured in fisticuffs inside Sri Lanka’s Parliament on Tuesday after a protest over the removal of military security for former President Mahinda Rajapakasa. One lawmaker was hospitalized. The fracas occurred after the session commenced following an argument between opposition and government lawmakers over the removal of army soldiers from the security of the former president. Rajapaksa lost his bid for re-election last year to his former health minister, but was later elected as a lawmaker. An official at the Colombo National Hospital where the lawmaker is receiving treatment said his condition is not critical and being treated for minor injuries and is under supervision.

Share
Leave a Comment

Recent Posts

  • Pakistan

PTI leadership ‘reaches Adiala’ to meet Imran

  In a dramatic turn of events, top leadership of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has reached…

8 hours ago
  • Pakistan

The march is on despite ‘crackdown

As PTI convoys from across the country kept on marching Islamabad for the party's much-touted…

13 hours ago
  • Pakistan

PM tasks Punjab, NA speakers with placating PPP

Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has instructed the speakers of the national assembly and Punjab's provincial…

13 hours ago
  • Pakistan

Kurram warring tribes agree on 7-day ceasefire

Following the government's efforts to ease tensions in Kurram, a ceasefire was agreed between the…

13 hours ago
  • Pakistan

Polio tally hits 55 after three more cases surface

In a worrying development, Pakistan's poliovirus tally has reached 55 after three more children were…

13 hours ago
  • Cartoons

TODAY’S CARTOON

14 hours ago