Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe has announced that he will resign from his post. “To ensure the continuation of the Government including the safety of all citizens I accept the best recommendation of the Party Leaders today, to make way for an All-Party Government. To facilitate this I will resign as Prime Minister,” he tweeted. Wickremesinghe’s 73-year-old home was on Saturday evening set on fire by angry protesters, in a sign of deepening crisis in the island nation. The development came a few hours after angry protesters had marched to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s home. The protesters were also seen damaging vehicles belonging to the Prime Minister. “Protesters have broken into the private residence of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and have set it on fire,” said the Lankan PM’s Office in a statement.  It wasn’t immediately clear if the PM was inside at the time of the attack.

The Colombo Municipal Council fire brigade said they were informed that the Prime Minister’s private residence in Colombo was set on fire and its teams were unable to reach the location due to the unrest. The flames were later doused by the police.