Heavily armed troops evacuated outgoing Sri Lankan prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa from his official residence in Colombo on Tuesday after thousands of protesters breached the main gate.
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A view shows the inside of Sri Lanka's outgoing prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's official residence 'Temple Trees', a day after it was breached by the protesters in Colombo on May 10, 2022. - Sri Lanka deployed thousands of troops and police on May 10 to enforce a curfew after five people were killed in the worst violence in weeks of protests over an unprecedented economic crisis. -- Photo: Ishara S. Kodikara / AFP
2022-05-10 11:04:06
Heavily armed troops evacuated outgoing Sri Lankan prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa from his official residence in Colombo on Tuesday after thousands of protesters breached the main gate.
Protesters who forced their way into the capital's "Temple Trees" residence then attempted to storm the main two-storey building where Rajapaksa was holed up with his immediate family.
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