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COLOMBO: Heavily armed troops evacuated outgoing Sri Lankan prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa from his official residence in Colombo on Tuesday after thousands of protesters breached the main gate.Protesters who forced their way into the capital’s “Temple Trees” residence then attempted to storm the main two-storey building where Rajapaksa was holed up with his immediate family.“After a pre-dawn operation, the former PM and his family were evacuated to safety by the army,“ a top security official told AFP. “At least 10 petrol bombs were thrown into the compound.”Rajapaksa's evacuation to an undisclosed location followed a day of violent protests in which five people, including a lawmaker, wer

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