Sri Lanka Prison Riot
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Sri Lanka Prison Riots Leave 3 Dead, Over 20 Injured Amid Overcrowding Crisis
One prisoner was killed and 10 injured in a riot that began late on Thursday at Colombo's New Magazine Prison.
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Sri Lanka To Convert Hospital Into Prison After Deadly Riot
Riots in an overcrowded prison in Sri Lanka killed 20 inmates and eight guards.
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25 Dead, 100 Injured In Clashes At Sri Lanka Prison
The wounded were rushed to the Negombo hospital, north of the capital Colombo, following overnight clashes between inmates from two drug gangs at the area's main prison, police said.
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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.
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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.
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Sri Lanka Prison Riots Leave 3 Dead, Over 20 Injured Amid Overcrowding Crisis
One prisoner was killed and 10 injured in a riot that began late on Thursday at Colombo's New Magazine Prison.
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Sri Lanka To Convert Hospital Into Prison After Deadly Riot
Riots in an overcrowded prison in Sri Lanka killed 20 inmates and eight guards.
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25 Dead, 100 Injured In Clashes At Sri Lanka Prison
The wounded were rushed to the Negombo hospital, north of the capital Colombo, following overnight clashes between inmates from two drug gangs at the area's main prison, police said.
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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.
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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.
