Conflict: | Attack on Colombo Harbour |
Partof: | the Sri Lankan civil war |
Date: | 27 January 2007 |
Place: | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
Result: | Sri Lanka Navy victory |
Combatant1: | Sri Lanka Navy |
Combatant2: | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam |
Commander1: | Unknown |
Commander2: | Unknown |
Strength2: | 3 suicide craft |
Casualties2: | 3 boats exploded |
Attack on Colombo Harbour was a suicide attack carried out by 3 Black Sea Tiger suicide craft of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on the Colombo Harbour, which is the primary commercial port in Sri Lanka.[1]