Navy to Bring ashore 73 Australia-Bound Sri Lankans

Sri Lanka Navy has made arrangements to bring ashore the 73 Australia-bound Sri Lankans stranded in the south eastern seas of Sri Lanka.

On the direction of the Navy, a merchant vessel heading for Singapore had rescued them 290 nautical miles south east of Galle close to noon yesterday (24^th July 2013).

The Navy alerted the merchant vessels in the area for the rescue two days ago having received information on the incident from the Police.

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Press Release, July 25, 2013; Image: Sri Lanka Navy