The US Department of War on Wednesday released a video of an attack on Iran's warship after War Secretary Pete Hegseth informed that an American submarine sunk the warship in the Indian Ocean using torpedo.
The Iranian ship had recently participated in an international naval drill hosted by India, reported PTI.
While briefing on the attack on Iran, US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth said that a US submarine sank an Iranian warship in international waters, and it it was the first sinking of an enemy vessel by torpedo since World War II.
"An American submarine sunk an Iranian warship that thought it was safe in international waters. Instead, it was sunk by a torpedo,” Hegseth told reporters.
Hegseth said the US military sank the Iranian ship named after "Soleimani”, the former Iranian general Qasem Soleimani who was killed by US forces during President Donald Trump's first term.
“I guess POTUS got him twice,” Hegseth said, referring to General Soleimani.
Meanwhile, citing Sri Lanka's deputy foreign minister, Reuters reported that at least 80 were people killed in a US submarine strike.
Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath told Parliament that an emergency message was received by the Sri Lanka Navy and Coast Guard at 5.08 am regarding a sinking ship named IRIS Dena, located about 40 nautical miles off the southern port district of Galle.
Herath said that the Sri Lanka Navy and Air Force carried out a joint rescue operation.
"Thirty of them were rescued while around 180 were said to be on board,” he said.
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Sri Lankan Navy spokesperson Commander Buddhika Sampath told reporters in Colombo that several bodies were found near the location of the distress signal, though the exact number was not immediately available, reported PTI.
“At this point, it is difficult to give any numbers, but bodies have been found. As they were found closer to the point of distress, it is accepted that they were from the same ship," he said.
“When our teams reached the scene, we observed a large oil slick, indicating that the ship had sunk," Sampath added.
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