Sources in Colombo have told RT that some 30 sailors have been rescued following a distress call
A reported submarine attack has sunk an Iranian naval frigate off the coast of Sri Lanka, according to Reuters, citing sources in Colombo’s navy and defense ministry.
Earlier reports indicate that the IRIS Dena, a Moudge-class frigate of Iran’s Southern Fleet, issued a distress signal on Wednesday morning from the Indian Ocean, about 40 nautical miles off the city of Galle in southwestern Sri Lanka.
“We first received a distress call at around 5:08 AM,” Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath said on Wednesday. “We immediately dispatched two navy ships…
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