Russian Navy

N. Korea corvette sunken by "live mine"

22.04.2010

Source: The Voice of Russia
Photo: Cheonan corvette. AFP

S. Korea's Cheonan corvette has been sunken by a "live mine", S.Korea intelligence told Sky news channel. According to their data, N. Korea deployed naval suicide bombers one of which attacked the vessel. Cheonan went down in the Yellow Sea near the North Korean border after an explosion hit the ship killing 46 on board.

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