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Prison incident: Rs 2 m damage

Bhakthi DARMAPRIYA MENDIS Daily News

The incident that took place at the Anuradhapura prison on January 24 had caused a Rs two million damage according to the prison officials and the police.

The inmates in the prison had set on fire many sections in the Anuradhapura prison such as the laundry, kitchen and library.

The Police said that the laundry and the library had been completely destroyed by the fire. The special police team appointed to probe the investigation started their work Sunday.

In addition to the police team, the prison's officials are also investigating.
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Six dead at Anuradhapura Prison incident

Tuesday, 25 January 2011 03:47 Geo
Digatha News

According to a very reliable source the clash that occurred at Anuradhapura Prison had been triggered off when prison officers shot at an agitation carried out since last evening by a group of prisoners. According to unconfirmed reports 6 prisoners have died in the shooting.

The agitation commenced yesterday evening against not allowing visitors of prisoners to bring more than one parcel of food, non availability of water service in the prison, detaining more than 300 prisoners in a hall that could hold only 150 people, allowing 70 LTTE suspects to move with ordinary prisoners and demanding
solutions to various other issues confronted by the prisoners.

About 150 prisoners climbed on to the roof of the prison to engage in the agitation. Today evening prison officers have shot at the agitators from the office of the prison inspector. Later, the prison officers have damaged the properties at the prison library and the kitchen and set fire to them. According to prison sources no action has been taken yet to put out the fire.