At least 80 people have died as a result of a strike on an Iranian military vessel by a US submarine in the Indian Ocean, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka told to local television channels, APA reports.
It should be noted that US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth confirmed that an Iranian military vessel in the Indian Ocean had been struck by a United States submarine.
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17:10
The U.S. military carried out a strike that sank an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka's coast and triggered a rescue for dozens of Iranian sailors by Sri Lanka's navy, three U.S. officials told Reuters on Wednesday, APA reports citing Reuters.
One of the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue, said the strike was carried out by a U.S. military submarine.
The U.S. strike triggered a distress call and the Sri Lankan armed forces launched a search and rescue operation. Sri Lankan authorities said they had rescued 32 people so far and recovered several bodies from the sea.
Sources in Sri Lanka's navy and defence ministry said the vessel had been attacked by a submarine and at least 101 people were missing in the incident that took place off Sri Lanka's Indian Ocean coast.
The defence sources said it was unclear who attacked the ship.
A Sri Lankan navy spokesman said the report of 101 people being missing was not true and rejected any reports on the cause of the ship sinking.
U.S. strikes on Iran's Navy is a central part of the war against Iran, launch by the United States on Saturday.
On Tuesday, the U.S. military's Central Command said it had already sunk 17 Iranian warships and was on track to destroy Iran's entire navy.
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13:59
At least 101 people are missing and 78 are injured after a submarine attack on an Iranian ship off Sri Lanka's coast, according to the Sri Lanka Navy and defence ministry sources, APA reports, citing Reuters.
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