Sri Lankan Prisoners Clash With Guards

Prisoners watch from atop a roof as others set the fire to a building during a protest inside Welikada prison in Colombo, Jan. 24, 2012. According to a police spokesman, the prisoners were
Dinuka Liyanawatte / Reuters

Colombo, Sri Lanka, January 24, 2012
Prisoners watch from atop a roof as others set the fire to a building during a protest inside Welikada prison in Colombo, Jan. 24, 2012. According to a police spokesman, the prisoners were protesting an effort to prevent drug smuggling into the prison.

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