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Tamil Tiger rebels blow up oil tanker in suicide attack

In Sri Lanka, Tamil Tiger rebels have staged a major suicide bomb attack and destroyed an oil tanker off Sri Lanka's northern coast, leaving three security personnel missing.

The Sri Lankan Defence Ministry officials say Navy boats rescued all 12 merchant sailors from the tanker, adding there were 16 security personnel on board the vessel.

They say 13 security personnel were rescued and a search was on for the other three.

Five boats of the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam took part in the attack at dusk off the coast of Point Pedro as the tanker approached the Jaffna peninsula,

31/10/01 9:20:21 | ABC Radio Australia News

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