Troops deployed to Sri Lankan capital amid clashes during protests over crisis

A Sri Lankan man shouts in jubilation after a truck carrying cooking gas arrived at a distribution centre in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Sunday May 8 2022 (Eranga Jayawardena/AP)

Sri Lanka has deployed troops to its capital after government supporters attacked protesters camped outside the President and prime minister’s offices.

It comes as trade unions begin a “week of protests” demanding the government change and its President step down over the country’s worst economic crisis in memory.