Sri Lankans take selfies and use the gym as they roam around ransacked presidential palace after night of unrest
Families with young children and food hampers have been queueing to go into the president's house after a day of protests in which demonstrators stormed the official residence of the head of state and set fire to the prime minister's home in Colombo.Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video playerTens of thousands of angry protesters swarmed on the presidential palace and broke in and have now 'taken up residence' themselves.
Indika Jayawaradana, who is visiting the residence along with his wife and two children, says:"They thought we got independence from the British in 1948 but today is our real Independence Day."Protesters look around at the president's official residence. Pic: APAbout the president, he adds:"He might leave but he might be replaced with someone loyal to him. I'm worried about that.
Police fired shots in the air but they were unable to stop the angry crowd from surrounding the president's residence. Protesters also assembled outside the Presidential Secretariat, the office of the president, and the home of prime minister.Sri Lanka, home to 22 million people, is facing its worst economic crisis in seven decades since it achieved independence in 1948.
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