More than 100 people are missing after an Iranian warship was reportedly sunk off the coast of Sri Lanka.
The Iranian warship, the 180-crew frigate IRIS Dena 75, was reportedly hit and sunk by a submarine on Monday, military sources have revealed.
101 crew remain missing according to reports, with a further 78 wounded following the sinking 25 miles south of Sri Lanka.
It follows Saturday’s joint US-Israeli attack which successfully targeted Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The ship is said to have issued a distress call off the coast of Galle, located towards the southern end of the country, with the injured admitted to a hospital in Galle.
A major search operation is now underway in the Indian Ocean, with an Iranian spokesperson denying the scale of the tragedy.
Budhika Sampath, the spokesman of Sri Lanka’s navy says: “Though it was beyond our waters, it was within our search and rescue region. So we were obliged to respond as per international obligations.”
