President’s Media Division: Extremist group behind Mirihana unrest
Posted by Editor on April 1, 2022 - 8:46 am
An extremist group was behind yesterday’s unrest near President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s residence in Mirihana, the Presidential Media Division (PMD) said.
It has been revealed that a group of organized extremists were protesting near the Jubilee Post in Nugegoda, suddenly became riotous and turned violent, the PMD said in a statement.
Many of those involved in the incident have been arrested and many have been found to have been organized extremists, they said.
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