Gunshots were heard during the mass anti-government protests in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo as armed police passed through the protester lines around the Presidential residence.

The Sri Lankan Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, announced his resignation in a statement on Twitter in response to the mass protests.

Protesters stormed the official residence of Sri Lanka's president on Saturday amid tumultuous protests over the country's worsening economic crisis. Demonstrators calling for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign broke into his official residence in Colombo as more than 100,000 people amassed outside, according to police.

Protesters stormed the official residence of Sri Lanka's president on Saturday amid tumultuous protests over the country's worsening economic crisis. Demonstrators calling for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign broke into his official residence in Colombo as more than 100,000 people amassed outside, according to police.

Protesters stormed the official residence of Sri Lanka's president on Saturday amid tumultuous protests over the country's worsening economic crisis. Demonstrators calling for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign broke into his official residence in Colombo as more than 100,000 people amassed outside, according to police.

Protesters stormed the official residence and office of Sri Lanka's president on Saturday amid tumultuous protests over the country's worsening economic crisis. Demonstrators calling for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign broke into his official residence in Colombo as more than 100,000 people amassed outside, according to police.

Protesters stormed the official residence and office of Sri Lanka's president on Saturday amid tumultuous protests over the country's worsening economic crisis. Demonstrators calling for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign broke into his official residence in Colombo as more than 100,000 people amassed outside, according to police.

Protesters stormed the official residence and office of Sri Lanka's president on Saturday amid tumultuous protests over the country's worsening economic crisis. Demonstrators calling for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign broke into his official residence in Colombo as more than 100,000 people amassed outside, according to police.

Protesters stormed the official residence and office of Sri Lanka's president on Saturday amid tumultuous protests over the country's worsening economic crisis. Demonstrators calling for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign broke into his official residence in Colombo as more than 100,000 people amassed outside, according to police.

Protesters stormed the official residence of Sri Lanka's president on Saturday amid tumultuous protests over the country's worsening economic crisis. Demonstrators calling for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign broke into his official residence in Colombo as more than 100,000 people amassed outside, according to police.