Sri Lanka takes custody of an Iranian vessel off its coast after US sank an Iranian warship

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI, SHEIKH SAALIQ, KRISHAN FRANCIS and ROD McGUIRK

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka began transferring more than 200 sailors from an Iranian vessel to shore Friday after the ship sought assistance while anchored outside the country’s waters, as tensions mounted in the Indian Ocean following the sinking of an Iranian warship by a U.S. submarine.

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