BBC - Tamil suicide boat rams oil tanker

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BBC - 30 October, 2001, 14:10 GMT 

Tamil suicide boat rams oil tanker
                                  
A Tamil Tiger suicide boat has hit an oil tanker off northern Sri
Lanka, setting the ship on fire, military officials said.

Navy patrols have rescued 12 crew members and 13 security personnel
from the tanker, named as the MV Silk Pride.

There are no immediate details of casualties.

On Monday a suicide bomber killed himself and thee others in Colombo
as campaigning for parliamentary elections on 5 December got under
way.
 
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