Sri Lanka prisoners riot leaving 3 dead, 23 injured in chaos
- Authorities suspect narcotics dealers and gang rivalries are behind prison violence at several facilities in Sri Lanka.
- Police and riot squads have been deployed after three inmates were killed and nearly two dozen others were injured in separate prison riots across Sri Lanka.
- Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told parliament on Friday that one prisoner was killed when 40 inmates broke out of their cells at the New Magazine Prison in the capital, Colombo, late on Thursday.
Confirmed
- Police and riot squads have been deployed after three inmates were killed and nearly two dozen others were injured in separate prison riots across Sri Lanka.
- Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told parliament on Friday that one prisoner was killed when 40 inmates broke out of their cells at the New Magazine Prison in the capital, Colombo, late on Thursday.
Unverified
- Authorities suspect narcotics dealers and gang rivalries are behind prison violence at several facilities in Sri Lanka.
Sources: Al Jazeera, Euronews