Sri Lankan protesters storm the president’s house. Prime minister’s home set on fire.

[Burned Verses]

Protesters storm Sri Lanka’s presidential palace, set prime minister’s home ablaze

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe earlier in the day agreed to resign from his post.

www.axios.com

Protesters on Saturday broke into Sri Lanka's prime minister's private residence and set it on fire, just hours after entering the country's presidential palace calling on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to step down over his handling of the country’s economic crisis.

Driving the news: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe earlier in the day agreed to resign from his post once all parties agree on forming a new government.

State of play: Earlier on Saturday, protesters broke into Rajapaksa' official residency. However, he had been evacuated before the protesters entered the premises, per Al Jazeera.

• Protesters were seen swimming in the presidential palace's pool and cooking in the kitchen while waving or holding the country's national flags.
• Thousands of people have traveled to the country's capital to join the protests, which have been ongoing for months.

By the numbers: At least 31 people have been injured in the protests, per CNN, which cited the National Hospital of Sri Lanka.

 

[Unknown Poster]

We need this energy in America desperately.

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

They swimming in his pool

 

[HandyWithTheSteel]

We need this energy in America desperately.

Americans are still living too good for them to wild out like this.

This is also why politicians push for gun control so hard. When shyt hits the fan they don’t wanna end up like this.

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

 

[DatNkkaCutty]

Good for them.

Start holding these ppl accountable. They're not threatened, which is why all this shyt continues to happen. If they were under threat of violence, shyt would change overnight.

 

[DatBoiHawk]

That’s a lot of people

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

We need this energy in America desperately.

1/6...

but i get what you're saying.

 

[RamsayBolton]

1/6...

but i get what you're saying.

Fox News warped everything and its so trash

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

We need this energy in America desperately.

Jan 6 2021

 

[the artist known az]

Jan 6 2021

That was at the wrong people

 

[Unknown Poster]

That was at the wrong people

With the exact wrong purpose.

 

[sportscribe]

This is going to be more commonplace in this decade.

It wouldn't surprise me to see Europeans take to the streets after the summer to protest rising utility costs as a result of the war.

I'd also keep one eye on the Nigerian elections in February of next year. Depending on the results, the country can easily descend into chaos. The naira is currently flagging, the central bank seems to not be able to get a handle on inflation and the country is dealing with religious and ethnic insecurity. Civil unrest is a real possibility.

 

[Paper Boi]

Jan 6 2021

these people are protesting economic crisis, not trying to overturn a fair election.

 

[DeuceZ]

Russia invading Ukraine, Roe v Wade reversed, Boris forced to resign, Abe getting assasinated, Sri Lanka bankrupt, tension over the Nile river... politically this year is going to be insane