Sri Lanka soldiers storm a protest camp in capital Colombo and arrest nine people, officials say, an action seen as a crackdown by new President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who is seen as an ally of his ousted predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Head of the influential Bar Association of Sri Lanka warns military action would hurt the new government's international image.
"A joint operation involving the military, police and police special forces was launched in the early hours to recover the presidential secretariat from the protesters as they have no legal right to hold it," police spokesperson Nalin Thalduwa told the Reuters news agency of the early Friday raid.
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