Protesters rushed into the Presidential Palace

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According to a number of foreign media reports on the 9th, a large number of Sri Lanka demonstrators broke into the country's official residence of the country's President Gotapabaya Rajapaka in the capital, asking Rajapaksa to resign.

Agence France -Presse quoted Sri Lanka senior defense sources as saying that Rajapaksa had left before the protesters rushed into the official residence. "The president was escorted to a safe place," the source said that the armed forces fired in the air to prevent the anger from occupying the Presidential Palace.

Screenshots of foreign media reports

The local private television station Sirasa TV played the picture of the protesters rushed into the presidential residence, which said that Rajapaksa had left the capital Colombo.

Agence France -Presse reported that a large number of people poured into the streets of Colombo to participate in protests. After the threat of the opposition party had to sue the police chief of the police, the police withdrawn the night issued on Friday.

Thousands of anti -government protesters ignored the orders left at home, and even forced the railway department to start the train to bring them to Colombo to participate in Saturday's rally.

Sri Lanka has recently encountered a serious economic crisis, and the shortage of food and fuel has been for several months. Sri Lanka Prime Minister Victor Marinha said to the parliament on the 6th that "the country has bankruptcy" and this unprecedented economic crisis "will last at least until the end of 2023".

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