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Saturday, May 10, 2008

Four injured in LTTE mortar attack in East

Four injured in LTTE mortar attack in East

Four people including a ten year old child had received injuries due to the LTTE mortar attack on Pannalgama in Ampara in Eastern province this morning, Police said. The LTTE had fired 18 mortar rounds towards the village.

Navy supply vessel sunk in Trincomalee harbor-Under water explosion

Navy supply vessel sunk in Trincomalee harbor


Under water explosion damaged and caused logistic vessel A-520(MV Invincible) to sink while moored at the Ashroff jetty in Trincomalee harbor, at 2.15A.M. today(10) said the Sri lanka Navy.
Navy suspect this explosion done by a LTTE suicide diver.

No lives were lost due to the explosion.

A-520 was a merchant vessel built in 1970's and handed over to the Sri Lankan Navy, following a court order after it was apprehended while transporting 254 illegal migrants off Tangalle in 2003.