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Prison riot in A’pura over suspected Covid patient; one killed
View(s):One inmate was killed and three were wounded at the Anuradhapura prisons when they were fired upon during an escape bid, Police said.
The prisoners had tried to escape during a tense situation that erupted after an inmate was believed to have been infected with the coronavirus.
However, Prison sources said two of the inmates had been checked for coronavirus earlier in the day and since then a section of the prisoners had been agitating while some of them tried to escape.