Sri Lanka hands over 45 Iranian sailors' bodies to embassy
Published on: March 13, 2026, 3:09 p.m. | Source: Daily Excelsior
COLOMBO, Mar 13: Sri Lanka on Friday handed over the bodies of 45 sailors killed in an attack on an Iranian warship off the island nation’s coast to Iran’s embassy, the officials said. The Chief Magistrate, Sameera Dodangoda, gave the order on March 11 to the Director of the National Hospital at Karapitiya following a request by the Galle harbour police. Last week on Wednesday, Sri Lanka said it had recovered 84 bodies of Iranian sailors after the US submarine […]
