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Hand over the 84 Iranian sailors' bodies to the embassy: Court

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A Sri ​Lankan ​court has ordered that the bodies of 84 sailors killed in ⁠an attack on ⁠an Iranian warship off the island nation's ‌coast last week ​be handed ⁠over to ​the embassy of ‌Iran, local media ​reported on Wednesday.


The warship, IRIS Dena, was hit by a torpedo ‌from a ​U.S. submarine in the ​Indian ‌Ocean while ⁠it was returning from ​a naval exercise organised ⁠by India, ​amid the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. 



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