Sunday 29 November 2020

Sri Lankan prison riot :6 inmates dead, 35 injured

Six inmates were killed and 35 others were injured when guards opened fire to control a riot at a prison on the outskirts of Sri Lanka's capital, officials said Monday. Two guards were critically injured, they said. Pandemic-related unrest has been growing in Sri Lanka's overcrowded prisons. Inmates have staged protests in recent weeks at several prisons as the number of coronavirus cases surges in the facilities.

from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3o8zkMS

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