Prisoners set fire to the records room and gunshots were heard from within the compound, the AP reported. Police fired tear gas before regaining order at the prison.
NEW DELHI — Sri Lanka's efforts to cover up the final months of its 25-year-long war against Tamil separatists hit a snag this week, as humanitarian organizations blasted an internal probe into possible war crimes.
The "horrific" video, aired on British TV, contained footage of what it said were prisoner executions and the bodies of female Tamil fighters who appeared to have been sexually assaulted.
LOS ANGELES — The United States and other Security Council members should call for an impartial, international investigation into the atrocities committed in Sri Lanka.
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