Lankan navy sinks suspected LTTE arms vessel off Dondra

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 15:53 [IST]

Colombo, Feb 28 (UNI) Sri Lankan Navy today attacked and completely sank a suspected arms smuggling vessel of the Tamil Tiger rebels off Dondra Point in the Southern seas, naval sources here claimed.

According to the naval sources, Sri Lanka naval craft on routine patrol in the Southern seas spotted a suspicious vessel in the morning and ordered it to stop for check and identification.

''The suspicious ship ignored the navy's repeated warnings and started moving towards the deep seas when naval craft fired at the vessel, sinking it completely in the deep seas around 0845 hrs this morning,'' the sources added.

He said the suspected LTTE vessel caught fire with a couple of huge explosions when it got it by the navy fire, confirming that it was one of the gun-running vessels of the LTTE.

UNI

Topics: INSURGENCY-LANKA-LEAD ATTACK (LEADS FN 43)

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