Sri Lanka sends home 238 Iranian sailors after US torpedo attack

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Sri Lanka sends home 238 Iranian sailors after US torpedo attack
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Sri Lanka has sent home 238 Iranian sailors, including 32 who survived a U.S. torpedo attack in the Indian Ocean. A U.S. submarine sank the IRIS Dena on March 4 as it returned from a naval exercise in India. The Sri Lankan navy recovered 87 bodies, and 32 were hospitalized.

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