Sri Lankan troops try to curb racial violence

By Compiled From Wire Service Dispatches With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World; Edited By Linda Feldmann

July 27, 1983

Colombo, Sri Lanka

The Sri Lankan government extended a night curfew to cover the whole country. Heavily armed troops have been deployed to prevent further violence between the majority Sinhalese and minority Tamils. Hundreds of rioting inmates at Sri Lanka's maximum security prison killed 35 jailed Tamil separatists Monday.