Sri Lankan Naval base in Galle attacked
[TamilNet, Wednesday, 18 October 2006, 03:25 GMT]
Three explosions were reported inside Galle naval base, Dakshina, located 105 km southeast of Colombo Wednesday morning around 7:45 a.m., Sri Lankan military officials in Colombo said. Exchange of gunfire was reported for more than 1 hour. 15 wounded sailors were admitted at Karapittiya hospital and a naval trooper was reported killed. Colombo Galle Road has been closed down.
At least 2 boats inside the naval base were destroyed by the attackers who entered into the naval base in gunboats.
Galle is the southern most city of Sri Lanka.
Further details are not available at the moment.