A Police Special Task Force commando pleads for calm from a student monk as police and university students face off during a protest at Health Ministry in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 21 June 2017. Thousands of university students from government universities protest, demanding the abolition of a private medical university of South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM). 96 university students …and five STF commandos were wounded and hospitalized in the clash after students forcibly entered the Health Ministry and violated court orders. (Pic by – Sanka Vidanagama)
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