Tamil Sydney - Sri Lanka Harbour of Colombo under attack

Sri Lanka Harbour of Colombo under attack - Navy claims destroying 3 boats

Three to five attack boats Saturday morning entered the outer harbour waters of Colombo Harbour and launched attacks on Sri Lanka Navy vessels. Big explosions were heared, according to the crew members of a cargo ship. Sri Lanka Navy claimed to have attacked and destroyed 3 "suspicious boats" moving towards restricted waters off Colombo, around 5:40 a.m. A Panama registered container vessel PELOPONESIAN PRIDE, approaching the harbour, was slightly damaged in a explosion shock. A search operation was launched by the Sri Lanka Navy and the Sri Lankan Air Force after the explosions, that come 3 months after an attack on Galle Harbour.

Sri Lanka Navy toured press reporters inside the harbour a few hours later. Five Sinhalese fishermen were arrested by the Sri Lanka Navy and released later. No fishing vessels are allowed to come in to restricted zone that stretches approximately 10 nautical miles seaward from the Colombo port.

A statement issued by the Defence Ministry, quoting SL Navy sources said, one boat was destroyed by a SLN fast attack craft 6 nautical miles off Colombo and the other two at a location 11 nautical miles form Colombo.

Land sentries manning the southern parameters of Colombo horbour detected the boats and informed the Naval Craft at sea, the ministry said.

Courtesy: TamilNet

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