Tear gas fired at student movement [March 19 2014]

Police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse a large group of students of the Kelaniya University proceeding towards Colombo Fort a short while ago.

The students representing the JVP backed Inter University Student Federation (IUSF) started a protest march from Kelaniya this morning.

They were protesting over several issues including privatisation of the universities as well as reducing allocations for the education sector.