At least 25 people, including four guards, are killed and more than 100 are injured after riots at Negombo Prison, officials say.Clashes between two inmate groups escalated when prisoners seized firearms, forced their way onto rooftops to demand release and a failed attempt to rush the gates triggered fresh gunfire; injured inmates are treated at Negombo Hospital and Colombo National Hospital.Justice Minister
Harshana Nanayakkara has ordered an investigation, police are transferring prisoners and the military is on standby as officials point to chronic overcrowding in
Sri Lanka’s prisons.