<p>A mob assaulted a top Sri Lankan police officer and set fire to his vehicle near the prime minister's official residence in the capital Colombo on Tuesday, officials said.</p>.<p>Senior Deputy Inspector-General Deshabandu Tennakoon, the highest-ranking officer in Colombo "required emergency treatment and has returned home," a senior police official told AFP, adding that officers fired in the air to disperse the mob.</p>
<p>A mob assaulted a top Sri Lankan police officer and set fire to his vehicle near the prime minister's official residence in the capital Colombo on Tuesday, officials said.</p>.<p>Senior Deputy Inspector-General Deshabandu Tennakoon, the highest-ranking officer in Colombo "required emergency treatment and has returned home," a senior police official told AFP, adding that officers fired in the air to disperse the mob.</p>