Sri Lanka Army captured Farah 3 Jordinian ship

Sri Lankan Army 58 Division is yesterday Evening(14/05/2009) captured the Merchant Ship "Farah 3" which is looted by LTTE in year 2006.

On December 23, 2006 around 0300 hours in the morning, LTTE Sea Tiger cadres forcibly boarded a Jordanian merchant vessel MV FARAH III that was laying off the coast off Mullaittivu after developing engine trouble, by firing gun shots and then proceeded to forcibly detach the anchor, raid the ship and force the 25 member crew off the vessel. The foreign crew members were forcibly detained by the LTTE.

[q url=""]THE JORDANIAN “FARA-3” vessel that became defunct in the seas off MULLAITTIVU about two years ago and subsequently high jacked and towed away by Tiger terrorists before MULLAITTIVU and KILINOCHCHI fell into Army hands was brought under the Army troops Thursday (14) afternoon following series of exchange of gunfire between ground troops and terrorists.

Tiger terrorists ever since the“FARA-3” was captured used it as a firing pad after creeping into it and converted it into a terrorist hideout. The ship wreckage was gradually dismantled by Tiger terrorists and taken away for production of various metal accessories for the LTTE organization.

However, the wreckage with special antennas and other equipment functioned as a gathering point for Sea Tigers over the past two years.

Terrorists had also been extensively firing towards the troops at ground level ever since they converted the ship to a terrorist hideout.

The foreign crew on the ship were rescued by the ICRC at this stage and sent off to Jordan after it was found that the ship could not be salvaged.   

 

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The photographs appended below illustrate in vivid detail the subsequent happenings to the stranded vessel.

Jordanian merchant vessel MV Farah III	MV Farah III laying one nautical mile off The Coast of Mullaittivu

   

Goods on Jordanian merchant vessel MV Farah III	LTTE Sea Tigers approaching the Jordanian merchant vessel Farah III

   

LTTE Opening stocks on the ship	LTTE looting Jordanian Vessel Farah III

   

LTTE Sea Tigers transporting stocks looted from Jordanian merchant vessel Farah III