- Tuesday, April 23, 2024
By: Eastern Eye Staff
Sri Lanka announced Thursday (13) a long-awaited investigation into the massacre of 27 prisoners that became a symbol of the rights abuses allegedly perpetrated by the war-era regime. Inspector-general of Police Pujith Jayasundara ordered the investigation into the 2012 bloodshed, when security forces allegedly gunned down inmates in cold blood. Trouble erupted inside the maximum security Welikada prison when police conducted a sweep for drugs and allegedly faced off with inmates trying to grab their weapons. Armed troops called in to restore order opened fire on the prisoners, killing more than two dozen. The incident increased condemnation of former president Mahinda Rajapakse,…
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