On Monday, first responders rushed to Mahara prison, 10 miles north of the capital Colombo, in attempts to break up the right, which broke out during the night.

週一，第一反應者趕到首都科倫坡以北10英里的馬哈拉監獄，試圖打破夜間爆發的權利。

The violence came as authorities tried to quell the protests over rising coronavirus infections in the country's crowded jails.

當局試圖平息該國擁擠的監獄中冠狀病毒感染率上升的抗議時，發生了暴力事件。

Inmates have demanded an increase in coronavirus testing and new isolation facilities for infected prisoners.

囚犯們要求增加冠狀病毒檢測，併為受感染的囚犯提供新的隔離設施。

Hundreds of additional police were deployed to help the guards and strengthen security at the prison.

另外還增派了數百名警察，幫助看守人員並加強監獄的安全。

Flames were visible from the scene on.

現場可見火焰在。

A senior police officer was quoted saying that the injuries and fatalities look to be the result of gunshot wounds.

報道援引一名高級警官的話說，傷亡情況看起來是槍傷造成的。

The director off the Rig Armor Hospital, Shelton Pereira, where the inmates from the prison were undergoing treatment, warned that most of those being cared for were in a critical condition.

監獄裡的囚犯正在接受治療的瑞格裝甲醫院院長謝爾頓-佩雷拉警告說，大多數被照顧的人都處於危急狀態。