19 Iranian Navy personnel were killed and 15 others injured after the Jamaran frigate accidentally struck the Konarak support ship with an anti-ship missile during live fire exercises in the Gulf of Oman on Sunday. Iran’s military is investigating the incident.
Iranians held a funeral ceremony for the 19 Navy sailors who were killed in Sunday’s live fire incident, with soldiers carrying coffins draped in print patterns of the Iranian flag and sailors’ portraits in a military procession in the southwestern port city of Chabahar.
The ceremony, which took place Tuesday, was attended by mourning family members, senior military officials and members of the government.
A team of investigators has been dispatched to the site where the incident took place, off the port city of Jask in the Gulf of Oman, with the Navy urging Iranians against speculation on what happened before a thorough probe is carried out.
19 sailors were killed and over a dozen others injured after the Jamaran Moudge (‘Wave’)-class frigate accidentally fired at the friendly general-purpose vessel the Konarak on Sunday. On Monday, footage of the Konarak released by Iranian media showed the vessel to have been almost completely destroyed in the incident.
Sourse: sputniknews.com
