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27 inmates killed in Sri Lanka prison shootout

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    • By Bharatha Mallawarachi

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    Associated Press

    Saturday, November 10, 2012

    A clash between inmates and guards at the same prison last January wounded 28 people. Those prisoners were protesting the authorities’ move to curtail drug smuggling into the facility.

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    Associated Press photographer Gemunu Amarasinghe contributed to this report.

    Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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