Sri Lanka deploys troops after prison riot

The latest unrest came almost a month after another prison riot in the same region, in which 10 guards and 21 inmates were killed

Inmates destroyed multiple buildings inside Mahara Prison, just outside the capital Colombo, police said.

Sri Lanka deployed hundreds of troops and elite commandos on Sunday to contain riots at an overcrowded prison in which an inmate was killed and six others wounded, police said. Deputy police inspector-general Sanjeewa Medawatte said the situation was under control after inmates destroyed multiple buildings on Saturday