Protesters demand arrest of former Sri Lankan PM over attack

Sri Lankan army soldiers patrol during curfew in Colombo (Eranga Jayawardena/AP)

Protesters attacked earlier this week by supporters of Sri Lanka’s government have demanded that the newly appointed prime minister arrest his predecessor for allegedly instigating the attack against them as they were calling for his resignation.

A group of protesters camped outside the official residence of new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was appointed on Thursday evening by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in a bid to hold onto power and quell the island nation’s political and economic crisis.