No
Sri Lankan inmates injured in Male prison riot
[September 23, 2003 - 10.15
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The
Maldivian authorities have informed the Sri Lankan mission in that country
that no Sri Lankan inmates were injured in Male’s Maafushi prison riots on
the 19th and 20th September.
The
killing of two inmates trigged street violence Saturday in the archipelago.
Meanwhile
the death toll from the prison violence rose to three, as an inmate who was
flown with two other wounded men to Colombo overnight died, AFP reported.
Maldivian
sources claimed that the violence was unrelated to the re-election bid of
President Abdul Gayoom. The situation in Male has now returned to normal
with schools and business establishments open as usual.
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