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Tamil
Tigers sink Sri Lankan naval ship
Saturday, 10 May ,
2008, 09:31
Colombo: A Sri
Lankan naval logistic supply vessel was sunk in
a powerful pre-dawn underwater sea explosion by
suspected Tamil Tiger rebels in the
heavily-guarded Eastern Trincomalee harbour on
Saturday, top naval sources said.
"One of
our logistic supply ships - A520 - birthed at
the Ashraff harbour in Trincomalee was blasted
and sunk in an underwater sea explosion around
2:15 am. There was no damage to the crew
members," Navy Spokesman Commander D K P
Dassanayake told IANS over the phone early on
Saturday.
He said
that the navy was now engaged in extensive
search operation in and around the area.
According to the navy spokesman, the ship was
inducted in the Sri Lankan Navy after being
apprehended while engaged in human smuggling in
2003.
The
Tamil Tiger rebels have claimed responsibility
for the ship attack.
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