12.05.2008
A piece of torso of a person and
diving equipments were found floating near the drowned
Sri Lankan Naval ship, suggesting the handiwork of a suicide
bomber in destruction of the vessel last week, an official
said on Monday.
The
Navy is currently investigating the Saturday dawn explosion
that ripped through a navy logistic ship, A 520 (MV Invincible).
Navy
divers have recovered body parts of the suspected LTTE
suicide cadre from the waters where the Tigers sank a
navy cargo ship in the Trincomalee harbour on Saturday,
the navy spokesman D K P Dassanayake said.
"Our
divers found parts of lower portion of the body of the
suspected suicide cadre body along with diving equipment
from the sea," he said, adding the identity of the
suicide bomber has not been established.
The
navy believes the suicide cadre had used a suicide jacket
for the blast as only the lower part of the body was recovered.
The
tiger militants had earlier claimed that the naval ship
explosion was the handiwork of their Commandos from "Kangkai
Amaran unit".
The
LTTE also claimed the underwater attack was carried out
when the supply vessel was loaded with explosives to be
transported to KKS Harbour in Jaffna.
However,
officials denied that the ship was being loaded with explosives.
No
one was injured due to the blast which according to the
LTTE led to the sinking of the ship within 13 minutes
of explosion.
Courtesy -TimesOfIndia