Families of prisoners who are detained at the Mahara prison staged a protest today demanding information with regard to those prisoners who were killed and injured last night. The relatives of the inmates who were injured also demanded authorities to provide information on the health condition and access to them
At least eight prison inmates were killed and 50 injured in a commotion last night inside Mahara Prison at Ragama in the Gampaha district. Two prison guards held by the prisoners also sustained injuries.
Police Special Task Force (STF) had to be deployed around the prisons and it took nearly 10 hours to control the situation which started around 7 pm last night (29). There were some incidents of arson also reported inside the prisons. Pix by Deepa Addikari
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