Sri Lankan demonstrators enter president's residence amid economic crisis protests
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Thousands of people demonstrated in the capital against the island nation's worst economic crisis in recent memory and demanded President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign.
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Thousands of people demonstrated in the capital against the island nation's worst economic crisis in recent memory and demanded President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was reportedly moved to safety as crowds broke through a police cordon. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has agreed to resign.
Protesters broke into the official residences of Sri Lanka's president and prime minister on Saturday as people were demonstrating over the country's worsening economic crisis.
Sri Lanka's economy is in a state of collapse, muddling through with aid from India and other countries as its leaders try to negotiate a bailout with the International Monetary Fund.
Sri Lankan television reports say that Sri Lankan protesters demanding President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign have forced their way into his official residence and nearby office, as thousands of people demonstrate
A Sri Lankan television report says that protesters demanding President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign have forced their way into his official residence. Thousands of people took to the streets in the
By Iqbal Athas and Rhea Mogul, CNN Protesters broke into the Sri Lankan leader’s official residence in Colombo on Saturday as more than 100,000 amassed outside, according to police, calling for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign over his handling of the country’s economic crisis.
Reuters could not confirm President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's whereabouts as officials struggled to contain anger at the worst financial turmoil in seven decades.
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence as tens of thousands of protesters descended on the compound, demanding that he and the government resign. Protesters also breached the residence of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who agreed to resign from his position.
Thousands of protesters in Sri Lanka’s commercial capital pushed through police barricades and stormed the president's house amid the country's economic struggles.
The demonstrators are demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, whom they accuse of running the island nation’s economy into the ground through corruption and mismanagement.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa said to have been escorted to safety as demonstrators protest unprecedented economic turmoil; at least 3 people shot, others hospitalized after inhaling tear gas
Leaders of political parties in Parliament met after the storming of the president's residence and decided to request Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to step down, opposition lawmaker Hakeem said on Twitter.
Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence on Saturday shortly before protesters, angered by an unprecedented economic crisis, stormed and overran the compound.
Thousands of protesters in Sri Lanka's commercial capital Colombo broke through police barricades and stormed the president's official residence on Saturday following months of mounting public anger…
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