BREAKING: Thousands of protesters have stormed the prime minister's house in the capital of Colombo…
ByĀ JESSICA WARRENĀ andĀ WALTER FINCHĀ
- Thousands of protestersĀ in Sri Lanka have stormed the presidentialĀ palace in capital city of Colombo
- Protesters set residence on fire, hours after Prime Minister said he will resign when new government formed
- There has been public anger directed at President Gotabaya Rajapaksa with numerous protestsĀ since March
- Police fired tear gas and bullets into the air in an effort to keep crowds back but but they surged past themĀ
- The country is experiencing an acute shortage of fuel, food and medicine due to a lack of foreign currency
Sri Lanka’s President and Prime Minister have agreed to resign, hours after a crowd of angry protesters chased the president from his residence and set the prime minister’s home on fire, as months of frustration brought on by an unprecedented economic crisis boiled over.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said he will leave office once a new government is in place, hours before the speaker of the Sri Lankan parliament said President Gotabaya Rajapaksa would step down on Wednesday.
