Ship blast: Suicide cadre's remains recovered

A piece of torso of a person and diving equipment were found floating near the drowned Naval ship in Trincomalee, suggesting the handiwork of a suicide bomber in destruction of the vessel last week, an official said yesterday.

The Navy is currently investigating the Saturday dawn explosion that ripped through a navy logistics 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, 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. TOI