Video captured on Saturday (July 9) shows violence on the streets of Colombo.

Riot police fired tear gas in an attempted to quell protests and clashes occurred.

Sri Lanka’s president and prime minister both agreed to resign on Saturday.

Thousands of anti-government protesters in Sri Lanka on Saturday barged into embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's official residence in central Colombo's high-security Fort area after breaking the barricades, as they demanded his resignation over the island nation's worst economic crisis in recent memory.

The protesters also torched the private residence of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe even after he offered to resign.

The political chaos could complicate efforts to pull Sri Lanka out of its worst economic crisis in seven decades, triggered by a severe shortage of foreign currency that has stalled the imports of essentials like fuel, food, and medicines.