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Nine killed in Sri Lankan prison riot
Friday November 09, 2012 10:14:52 PM,
IANS
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Colombo: At least nine
people were killed and 20 security personnel injured when a riot
broke out at a prison here Friday.
The riot broke out when prison guards together with police
commandos attempted to search the cells of the Welikada prison for
heroin and mobile phones, reported Xinhua, quoting Sri Lankan
prisons commissioner P.W. Kodippili.
The prisoners then attacked the guards and police with stones
forcing the police to fire teargas inside the prison to control
the situation.
The situation, however, further escalated and the military was
called in as the prisoners broke into the prison armoury and stole
the weapons, Kodippili said.
He said the prisoners fired at the security forces and the police
using the weapons they had stolen.
Witnesses said some inmates attempted to escape from the prison
and were shot at by the security forces.
The Colombo national hospital said nine bodies were brought to the
hospital and 34 were admitted with injuries. Among those injured
was the head of the police commando unit.
Some journalists who went to cover the riot were also injured and
admitted to hospital.
A busy road adjoining the prison complex was closed during evening
rush hour as bullets fell on the street.
Police and army reinforcements were deployed to the prison and the
situation was brought under control, the commissioner said.
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