A U.S. submarine attacked an Iranian warship, which sank in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Sri Lanka, on Wednesday, bringing the West Asian conflict closer to the Indian subcontinent. At least 83 people were killed in the torpedo attack.
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U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed the strike at a press conference in Washington D.C. “An American submarine sunk an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters. Instead, it was sunk by a torpedo,” Mr. Hegseth said, terming it a “quiet death” and the “first sinking of an enemy ship” by a torpedo since World War II. “Like in that war,” he said, “we are fighting to win”.
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The Sri Lankan Navy rescued 32 sailors and recovered 83 bodies after a dawn distress call from the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena, which sank about 40 nautical miles off Galle on the island’s southern coast, Lankan authorities said. The vessel was returning from a maritime exercise in Visakhapatnam.
