Widespread protests grip Sri Lanka after demonstrator shot dead by police

A member of Sri Lanka’s opposition political party National People’s Power waves country’s national flag as he participates in an anti-government protest rally in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, April 19, 2022. Sri Lanka’s prime minister said Tuesday the constitution will be changed to clip presidential powers and empower Parliament as protesters continued to call on the president and his powerful family to quit over the country’s economic crisis. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Thousands of people have taken to the streets across Sri Lanka a day after police opened fire at demonstrators, killing one person and injuring 13 others, reigniting widespread protests amid the country’s worst economic crisis in decades.

Protesters used vehicles to block key roads in many parts of the country as they demonstrated against the shooting as well as rising fuel prices and the government’s failure to resolve the deepening economic problems.