Angry protesters in Sri Lanka have set the Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s house on fire.
Thousands of protesters stormed into the PM’s home in Colombo on Saturday evening.
The Prime Minister’s Office said protesters broke into PM’s private residence, set it on fire and vehicles belonging to him were also damaged.
“Protesters have broken into the private residence of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and have set it on fire,” his office said in a statement.
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said he is willing to resign after crisis worsened in the island nation.
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Earlier, thousands of protesters broke police barricades and entered President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s residence.
The exact location of Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who fled his official residence remains unknown.
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