In Pictures: Protesters Break Into Sri Lanka President's Home

Protesters surrounded the president's official residence this morning after breaking barricades set up by the police.

Police fired shots in the air but were unable to stop the angry crowd from surrounding the building, a witness was quoted as saying by news agency AFP.

Visuals have emerged which show protesters with Sri Lankan flags entering the swimming pool in the president's residence.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has summoned an urgent cabinet meeting to discuss a solution to the political crisis, his office said.

A top government source told NDTV that the President was shifted to the Army Headquarters last night.

The Harbour Master confirmed that two Sri Lankan Navy ships SLNS Sindurala and SLNS Gajabahu left from the Colombo Port amid protests in crisis-hit Sri Lanka.

Several Sri Lankan military personnel joined protesters against President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

Many of the protestors packed into buses, trains and trucks from several parts of the country to reach Colombo.

Protesters forced railway authorities in Sri Lanka to operate trains to Colombo for a rally on Saturday, officials said.

Sri Lanka is facing a severe foreign exchange shortage that has limited supplies of fuel, food and medicine, leading the island nation into its worst financial crisis in seven decades.