COLOMBO, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- One prison inmate was killed and three others were injured when police opened fire to prevent a group of prisoners from escaping a maximum security prison in Mahara, in the outskirts of capital Colombo on Sunday, police said.
Commissioner General of Prisons, Thushara Upuldeniya, was quoted by local media as saying that a tense situation was reported on Sunday afternoon when a group of inmates had attempted to escape from the prison, as another group of inmates had been infected with the COVID-19 virus.
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