Crowds tear down gates and climb walls in Sri Lanka

Police possess fired tear gas as protesters stormed the prime minister’s workplace in Colombo, amid Sri Lanka’s most severe economic crisis in years.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled the country – while the Prime Ressortchef (umgangssprachlich) Ranil Wickremesinghe continues to be appointed acting leader, according to the parliament’s loudspeaker.

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