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Sri Lankan protesters demanding President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign forced their way into his official residence and nearby office on Saturday, local television reported, as thousands of people demonstrated in the capital against the island nation's worst economic crisis in recent memory. It was not clear if Rajapaksa was inside the residence in Colombo but footage shot on mobile phones showed a large number of people inside the well-fortified house and on the grounds outside. A government spokesman, Mohana Samaranayake, said he had no information about whether Rajapaksa had left the residence. Hundreds of protesters, some carrying national flags, also entered the president's office in another nearby building, television footage showed. Sri Lanka's economic crisis has led to a heavy shortage of essentials like fuel, cooking gas and medicines, forcing people to stand in long lines to buy the limited supplies. Protesters blame Rajapaksa for the economic woes and
