TENSED SITUATION AT WELIKADA PRISON

UP DATES 3.35 p.m.
NO HARM TO SARATH FONSEKA
The hostile situation existed at the new Magazine prison. There were worries and speculations whether Sarath Fonseka was also affected. He is very safe as he was under arrest in the normal prison. A Police media Spokesman had told that he is perfectly safe as the hostilities were made by those in the new Magazine prison.
During the period 1- 2 p.m the hostilities could not be controlled properly and the prisoners had tried to set fire to the third building. To prevent this occurrence Police had used tear gas to disperse the violent Prisoners who were demanding the removal of a Prison Chief. Owing to the latest clashes the total number who had to be admitted to the Colombo’s General Hospital exceeded 30 in number. What is shown below are some of the latest videos of “Sirasa” and “Derana TV channels. The motive of these hostilities was to chase away a new Prison Chief who had been appointed who had changed various systems that existed in the Magazine prison.

UPDATES 1.25 p.m
To chase away a newly appointed as the Prison Head to a section at the Magazine prison, the Prisoners made a huge uproar. In protest a group of Prisoners had got on top of the Prison roof pleading to remove the newly appointed Head to that section. There was a pandemonium in these premises as the prison officials and Guards tried their best to arrest the situation and to bring down the fire they had set to the building. It is learnt several important documents pertaining to record of drug dealers had been burnt which may have been the motive of the fire. During the breaking the fire several Prison officials, Prison guards and Prisoners were injured .Up to now 21 Persons have been injured and hospitalised. Among them are 2 Prisoners who had been injured seriously. Among them were 19 prison officers who have been treated in the Colombo’s General hospital.
What is shown below are video’s of “Sirasa” and “Derana” TV channels for viewing



UPDATES  AT 12.35 p.m.
Due to the fire that broke out the Prisoners could not be kept in their usual position and hence with the assistance of buses they were transferred to alternate locations. Some of those admitted to Hospital had received gunshot injuries to Chests and legs and it is still to be confirmed how they received serious injuries. Owing to this pandemonium there had been a terrific traffic jam along baseline Road. It is reported owing to this congestion the roads have been closed for traffic .It is reported that when the fire broke out the Prisoners had started to hoot.

FIRE SPREADS TOWARD THE SKY-THE PRISONERS HAD STARTED TO HOOT
UPDATES 12.20 p.m.
During the time of the fire there had been a huge uproar by the prisoners and they had jeered in loud tones.
It is reported reliably that this uproar had begun due to the attitude of a newly appointed prison Head to that section, whose actions were disliked by the prisoners who were already in the cells of that particular section. When the fire broke out the Fire Brigades were called to stop the fire from spreading. In order to bring the situation under control the Prison officers had to summon the Special Police Task Force to bring the conflict under control via rear guard action.