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LTTE boat blast destroys Sri Lanka Navy Dvora, kills eight sailors
Mar 25, Colombo: At least eight sailors were killed and eleven others were injured when a LTTE boat exploded this afternoon off Kalpitiya as it was being intercepted by a Sri Lanka Navy Dvora (fast attack vessel), the military said.
Military spokesperson Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe said the Navy’s gun boat, with 19 sailors onboard, tried to intercept the suspected LTTE fishing trawler, believed to be transporting weapons, when the fishing boat exploded.
He also said, “It is sure it was a LTTE boat carrying explosives.” Brig. Samarasinghe added that the eleven sailors who survived the attack did so by swimming to nearby Bathalangundu Island. There were no survivors on the exploded vessel.
This is the first major LTTE attack on the Sri Lankan military since last month’s peace talks in Geneva. The Tigers meanwhile deny any involvement in today’s incident.
Mar 25, Colombo: At least eight sailors were killed and eleven others were injured when a LTTE boat exploded this afternoon off Kalpitiya as it was being intercepted by a Sri Lanka Navy Dvora (fast attack vessel), the military said.
Military spokesperson Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe said the Navy’s gun boat, with 19 sailors onboard, tried to intercept the suspected LTTE fishing trawler, believed to be transporting weapons, when the fishing boat exploded.
He also said, “It is sure it was a LTTE boat carrying explosives.” Brig. Samarasinghe added that the eleven sailors who survived the attack did so by swimming to nearby Bathalangundu Island. There were no survivors on the exploded vessel.
This is the first major LTTE attack on the Sri Lankan military since last month’s peace talks in Geneva. The Tigers meanwhile deny any involvement in today’s incident.