About 150 death-row inmates of Mahara and Welikada prisons are engaged in a hunger strike demanding authorities to commute their death sentences to life imprisonment, prison sources said.
Prisons Spokesman Commissioner Chandana Ekanayake said discussions were on with relevant parties to resolve the situation.
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A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
Update: Five of the twelve passengers on board the bell 212 aircraft that crashed into the Maduru Oya today, have succumbed to their injuries, the SLAF said.
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