Sri Lanka Prison Riot

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  8 Dead, 55 Injured In Sri Lankan Prison Riot Over Surge In Covid Cases

  Intermittent gunfire rang out Monday at a Sri Lankan high security prison where a riot by inmates over a surge of coronavirus infections left at least eight dead and 55 wounded, police said.

• Sri Lanka troops accused of jail 'massacre'

  Sri Lanka's main opposition party Sunday demanded an independent inquiry into a prison riot that left 27 convicts dead, alleging many were shot by security forces in a cold-blooded "massacre".

• Prison gunbattle stuns Sri Lanka capital

  A bullet-riddled taxi and a bloodstained road were mute testimony on Saturday to Sri Lanka's worst prison riot in three decades in which 27 people died and 43 were injured in an overnight gunbattle.

• Sri Lanka prison riot toll rises to 27: minister

  Sri Lankan troops found 11 bodies of convicts Saturday raising the death toll in an overnight prison riot in the capital to 27, prisons minister said.

• Nine killed in Sri Lanka prison riot

  At least nine people were killed and another 26 wounded at Sri Lanka's main prison on Friday after inmates overpowered guards and fought gun battles with elite police commandos, officials said.

• Riot at Sri Lanka prison, inmates set records on fire

  Inmates and guards clashed at a Sri Lankan prison Tuesday, injuring at least 28 people before soldiers restored control after five hours, officials said. Reporters outside heard gunshots from within the compound in Colombo, and police fired tear gas before order was restored. Prisoners also set fire to the records room.