Iranian Warship IRIS Dena Sunk in Submarine Attack off Sri Lanka, 101 Missing

An Iranian naval frigate, the IRIS Dena, was reportedly sunk after a submarine attack off the southern coast of Sri Lanka on Wednesday. At least 101 people are missing and 78 wounded, including 32 seriously, after the attack, according to news agency Reuters.

A spokesman said that the Sri Lankan navy has recovered “a few bodies” of Iranian sailors after what crew members reported as an explosion.

“We have found a few bodies from the area where the ship had gone down,” local navy spokesman Buddhika Sampath told reporters in Colombo, adding that the search for others was continuing.

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