Sri Lanka court orders 84 Iranian sailors's bodies be handed to Iran embassy, local media says
Sri Lanka court orders 84 Iranian sailors's bodies be handed to Iran embassy, local media says
ReutersWed, March 11, 2026 at 6:01 AM UTC
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Sri Lanka Navy personnel assist Iranian sailors during a rescue operation after responding to a distress call from their vessel, the Iranian military ship, IRIS Dena, while at sea within Sri Lanka’s maritime search and rescue region, in Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka, March 4, 2026. Sri Lanka Navy/Handout via REUTERS
COLOMBO, March 11 (Reuters) - A Sri Lankan court has ordered that the bodies of 84 sailors killed in an attack on an Iranian warship off the island nation's coast last week be handed over to the embassy of Iran, local media reported on Wednesday.
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The warship, IRIS Dena, was hit by a torpedo from a U.S. submarine in the Indian Ocean while it was returning from a naval exercise organised by India, amid the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
(Reporting by Uditha Jayasinghe, writing by Sakshi Dayal; Editing by YP Rajesh)
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