Monday 12 November 2012

Welikada Prison Incident - more bodies identified

Three more bodies that were discovered following the prison riot in Welikada have been identified today.

Police said that steps have been taken to hand over the bodies to the families of the individuals.

Twenty seven prisoners were killed in the prison riot in Welikada on Friday.

Nineteen of the prisoners were identified earlier while a further three were identified today.

The identified individuals are Weligama Thuppehige Asanka Udayakumara, Wallage Lalantha Wijesiri and Rathnaweera Patabendige Lesley.

Lalantha Wijesiri has been identified as resident of the Galle area, while Ratnaweera has been identified as a resident of the Rajagiriya area.

Investigations are being carried out to identify the five other unidentified prisoners.

The police also said that only one of the three escaped convicts is yet to be arrested.

Monday 12 November 2012

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