Aaj TV English News - World https://english.aaj.tv/ Aaj TV English en-Us Copyright 2026 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 19:43:02 +0500 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 19:43:02 +0500 60 25 killed, around 100 injured in Sri Lanka prison clashes https://english.aaj.tv/news/330462491/25-killed-around-100-injured-in-sri-lanka-prison-clashes <p><strong>Twenty-five people were killed ​and about 100 injured in clashes between ‌two groups of prisoners at a prison in Sri Lanka on Monday, two police sources ​and one hospital source told Reuters.</strong></p> <p>The ​clashes began on Sunday between convicted prisoners ⁠and those under detention at the ​prison in the coastal town of Negombo, ​about 35km north of the commercial capital city of Colombo, the sources said.</p> <p>The trigger for ​the clashes was not immediately known.</p> <p>Police ​sources said that areas within the prison were still ‌being ⁠cleared, with officials working to account for the dead and the injured.</p> <p>“The military has been requested to provide support to the police, ​but at ​the moment ⁠they are on standby,” Army spokesman Brigadier Waruna Gamage told ​Reuters.</p> <p>Visuals from Derana TV showed heavy ​police ⁠deployment outside the gate of the prison as a police bus carrying the injured ⁠inmates, ​some of them sprawled ​on its floor, left the premises.</p> Twenty-five people were killed ​and about 100 injured in clashes between ‌two groups of prisoners at a prison in Sri Lanka on Monday, two police sources ​and one hospital source told Reuters.

The ​clashes began on Sunday between convicted prisoners ⁠and those under detention at the ​prison in the coastal town of Negombo, ​about 35km north of the commercial capital city of Colombo, the sources said.

The trigger for ​the clashes was not immediately known.

Police ​sources said that areas within the prison were still ‌being ⁠cleared, with officials working to account for the dead and the injured.

“The military has been requested to provide support to the police, ​but at ​the moment ⁠they are on standby,” Army spokesman Brigadier Waruna Gamage told ​Reuters.

Visuals from Derana TV showed heavy ​police ⁠deployment outside the gate of the prison as a police bus carrying the injured ⁠inmates, ​some of them sprawled ​on its floor, left the premises.

]]> World https://english.aaj.tv/news/330462491 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:03:54 +0500 none@none.com (Reuters) Prisoners board a bus to be transferred to another prison following clashes between two groups of inmates at Negombo Prison, in the coastal town of Negombo, Sri Lanka, on Monday. -- Reuters Relatives of inmates react outside Negombo Prison following clashes between two groups of inmates in the coastal town of Negombo, Sri Lanka, on Monday. -- Reuters Members of security forces make way for a bus carrying prisoners to be transferred to another prison following clashes between two groups of inmates at Negombo Prison in the coastal town of Negombo, Sri Lanka, on Monday. -- Reuters