COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The death toll in Sri Lanka’s prison clash rose Tuesday to 26 — seven prison officials and 19 inmates — with authorities alleging the skirmish was linked to narcotic drugs ...

A violent clash at Sri Lanka’s Negombo Prison has left 25 inmates dead and over 100 injured, authorities said. The unrest reportedly erupted between rival inmate groups linked to drug trafficking ...

Some of the injured had gunshot wounds, hospital director says Military on standby to help police, drones monitoring site Minister says some weapons fell into hands of prisoners COLOMBO, July 6 ...

Three inmates were killed and 23 others injured in separate clashes at two prisons in Sri Lanka over the past 24 hours, officials said on Friday. The clashes were the latest in a series of incidents ...

Clashes broke out inside a prison in the outskirts of Sri Lanka’s capital, killing at least 25 people, most of them inmates, and injuring over 100, officials.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The death toll in Sri Lanka’s prison clash rose Tuesday to 26 — seven prison officials and 19 inmates — with authorities alleging the skirmish was linked to narcotic drugs ...

Security personnel stand guard in the compound of a prison where deadly clashes broke out on Sunday, in Negombo, 35 kilometers (22 miles) north of the capital Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, July 6, 2026.