Thousands of Kuwaiti protesters stormed Parliament on Wednesday after police and elite forces beat up protesters marching on the prime minister’s home to demand he resign.

Thousands of Kuwaiti protesters stormed Parliament on Wednesday after police and elite forces beat up protesters marching on the prime minister's home to demand he resign.

The demonstrators broke open parliament's gates and entered the main chamber, where they sang the national anthem.
"Now, we have entered the house of the people," said Mussallam al-Barrak, who led the protest with several other lawmakers and youth activists also  calling for the dissolution of parliament over alleged corruption.

The group left after a few minutes.
Police earlier used batons to prevent protesters chanting "the people want to remove the prime minister" from marching to the residence of premier Sheikh Nasser Mohammad al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, a senior member of the ruling family.

Witnesses said at least five demonstrators were injured and treated at the scene.
Some activists said they would continue to camp outside parliament until the premier was sacked.

It was the first political violence in the oil-rich Gulf state since December, when elite forces beat up protesters and MPs at a public rally.