Sri Lanka prison riot kills 23, wounds more than 100

Clashes in a Sri Lankan jail have killed at least 23 people, including six guards, and wounded more than 100 in the worst prison riot in more than five years, officials said on Monday. Victims with cuts and gunshot injuries were rushed to Negombo Hospital, north of the capital Colombo following overnight fighting between inmates from two drug gangs, police said. Hospital director Pushpa Gamlath said 23 bodies were brought to her state-run health facility, and more than 100 wounded inmates and...