COLOMBO (News 1st) – A Coast Guard vessel belonging to the Sri Lanka Navy has sunk in the sea near Kankasanthurai.

Navy media spokesman Captain Gayan Wickramasuriya says that the said vessel sank during a mission of bringing ashore another vessel that had met with an accident.

He confirmed that no Navy officers were injured in the incident.

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