Armed troops clashed with a mob protesting the country’s deteriorating economic crisis on Sunday, after a social media blackout failed to put an end to another day of anti-government protests.

The South Asian country is experiencing catastrophic food, gasoline, and other necessary shortages, as well as record inflation and crippling power outages, in its worst downturn since gaining independence from Britain in 1948.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared a state of emergency on Friday, the day after a throng tried to attack his home in Colombo, and a statewide curfew was imposed until Monday morning.

 

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