as Sri Lanka spirals into chaos with massive protests. Army troops are now on the streets of the capital, Colombo. But it's not just troops. Look at these visuals tanks patrolling the streets of Sri Lanka. Now, in order to impose the curfew that's been declared, Frieda has been sending us ground reports and joins us once again. She just shocking visuals, really, of these tanks now rolling out on the streets of Colombo. Is this what it takes really to keep the people of the protesters of while these are armoured personnel carriers? So what we have seen here just about moments ago is that troops, the army troops on the personal carriers they have been patrolling the streets of far Sri Lanka, backs been that is usually used, especially at even combat zones. Of course, people are questioning. Is it very necessary, especially to bring such armoured personal carriers of the vehicles cure onto the streets of Sri Lanka? At a time when the angry protesters are peacefully protesting on the streets? That that is the question asked by the Sri Lankans over here, but that apart at several locations? What we did, of course, witnessed was where the protesters continue to you're a protest and demand the resignation offer. Go to buy a Rajapaksa as far as our this morning. Up until now, what we did witness was noticed especially the postal you know, armoured vehicles that we were, you know, saw on the streets of Sri Lanka. But also we witnessed several that is huge presence, police presence and also our presence, especially just a few metres away from President Go to buy Rajapaksa's official residences concerts. So there is huge barricading to ensure that people don't breach those barricades and a euro costs are in terms of for euro violence. It does not go out of control and as for is that the police is concerned and also the army. They have been deployed at various vantage points and there is a curfew as we speak. The curfew is active till about tomorrow, seven AM but for now what we do witnesses that despite the curfew and also the entire island nation under state of emergency, we see several protests that have been erupting in various parts of Sri Lanka. Visuals really giving forced to sort of look and wonder as tanks and armoured personnel vehicles roll out on the streets of the Sri Lankan capital. She tha thank you very much indeed for joining us live from Colombo.
