Sri Lankan troops found 11 bodies of convicts Saturday raising the death toll in an overnight prison riot in the capital to 27
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The situation is now gradually being brought under control
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it is reported that two leading underworld figures led the riot
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Random gunshots are still heard from around
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Inmates are seen walking out from the prisons and belived to be surrendering
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Police Spokesman Prishantha Jayakodi says the situation has been brought under control
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Gun shots were heardfrom the Wanathamulla end of the Prison
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The injured STF Commandant is currently undergoing another surgery
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The Chief jailor of the prison and several STF personnel were reportedly trapped inside the prison
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The number of injured rise up to 35 and six in critical condition
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Due to the heavy rain the planned operation to break into the prison has been suspended
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More than eight bodies were brought to the General Hospital
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Heavily armed additional troops have been placed on the walls surrounding the prison. Ambulances have been parked outside the premises and the armed forces are believed to be planning to break into the prison
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Three more injured prisoners have been admitted to the general hospital
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One of the prisoners who were initially believed to have been shot dead by the STF while trying to escape in a trishaw has now crawled back into the trishaw near Baseline road and is calling for help.
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Armoured cars have been parked right in front of the main entrance of the prison, blocking the area
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STF personnel are trying to reach the dead bodies that are lined on the middle of the road opposite the prison
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Random gunshots are still heard from around the prison complex, inmates are beleived to be firing from just outside the main prison gate
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Armoured cars have been called into the scene
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It is reported that the inmates had armed themselves after breaking in to the armory situated inside the prison complex
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The STF commandant DIG C. Ranawana has also sustained injuries in the shootout and was hospitalized
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Firing continues between inmates and the security forces. The entire area has been cordoned off with electricity been cut off.
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The General Hospital said that 13 persons including 10 STF personel, 2 inmates and a jailor was admitted to the hospital.
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Several people are feared dead after a shootout between the STF and prison inmates a short while ago. The shootout had occured when inmates attempted to break out from the Prison.
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A tense situation prevailed in the Welikada prison when STF personnel attempted to search the prison premises, police sources said.
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