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Sri Lanka prime minister's house set on fire: police
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Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. /AFP

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. /AFP

Protesters stormed into Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's home in Colombo on Saturday evening and set it ablaze, police and his office said.

"Protesters have broken into the private residence of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and have set it on fire," his office said in a statement.

(With input from AFP)

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