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At least 101 people missing after submarine attack on Iranian ship off Sri Lanka, sources say

Thilina Kaluthotage
Thilina Kaluthotage
Mar 4, 2026
An ambulance carries injured people to the National Hospital Galle for treatment after submarine attack on Iranian ship off Sri Lanka, in Galle, Sri Lanka, March 4, 2026. REUTERS/Thilina Kaluthotage
An ambulance carries injured people to the National Hospital Galle for treatment after submarine attack on Iranian ship off Sri Lanka, in Galle, Sri Lanka, March 4, 2026. REUTERS/Thilina Kaluthotage — Thilina Kaluthotage

COLOMBO, March 4 (Reuters) - At least 101 people were missing and 78 wounded after a submarine attack on an Iranian ship off Sri Lanka's coast, sources in Sri Lanka's navy and defence ministry told Reuters on Wednesday.

(Reporting by Uditha Jayasinghe, writing by Shilpa Jamkhandikar, Editing by Andrew Heavens)