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Thousands of protesters in Sri Lanka's commercial capital Colombo stormed the president's official residence and his secretariat on Saturday amid months of mounting public anger over the country's worst economic crisis in seven decades. (AFP)
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Some protesters, holding Sri Lankan flags and helmets, broke into the president's residence. (AFP)
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Thousands also broke open the gates of the sea-front presidential secretariat and the finance ministry, which has been the site of a sit-in protest for months, and entered the premises. (Reuters)
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A Facebook livestream from inside the president's house showed hundreds of protesters, some draped in flags, packing into rooms and corridors, shouting slogan's against Rajapaksa. (Reuters)
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Video footage of protesters standing and some bathing in the swimming pool inside the president's home was widely circulated on social media websites. (Reuters)
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Dozens were seen milling about the house and and watching television. Outside the building, barricades were overturned and a black flag was hoisted on a pole. (Reuters)
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Military personnel and police at both locations were unable to hold back the crowd, as they chanted slogans asking President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to step down. (Reuters)
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Two defence ministry sources said President Rajapaksa was removed from the official residence on Friday for his safety ahead of the planned rally over the weekend. (Reuters)
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At least 34 people including two police officers were wounded in scuffles as protesters tried to enter the residence. (Reuters)