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Oil slick, life rafts, dozens of bodies: What Sri Lankan navy found after US sank Iranian warship

Sri Lanka’s navy responded to a distress call from an Iranian warship, but found only oil slicks, empty life rafts and the bodies of sailors in the water after a U.S. torpedo strike sunk the vessel to the bottom of the Indian Ocean.The Sri Lankan navy sent ships and planes on a rescue mission after receiving a distress signal from Iran’s IRIS Dena, which had 180 people on board, the country's foreign minister, Vijitha Herath, told Parliament on Wednesday.When Sri Lanka's navy arrived, there was no sign of the ship, "only some oil patches and life rafts," navy spokesman Commander Buddhika Sampa...