Sri Lanka Police Allege Drugs Cause of Mahara Prison Riot
Sri Lanka Police Allege Drugs Cause of Mahara Prison Riot Sri Lanka Police Allege Drugs Cause of Mahara Prison Riot Comments Off on Sri Lanka Police Allege Drugs Cause of Mahara Prison Riot COLOMBO — Inmates who rioted at Sri Lanka’s Mahara prison last month acted violently because they had ingested psychiatric drugs stolen from the prison hospital, authorities allege. Riots broke out on Nov. 29 at the high-security prison as panicked inmates tried fleeing a day after the number of Covid-19 cases exceeded 1,000. Two inmates reportedly died from the virus. Eleven inmates were killed during...