S. Korea raises bow of warship
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April 25, 2010, Sunday
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SOUTH Korea yesterday raised the front half of the warship that sank a month ago near a contested sea border with North Korea, finding clues that support suspicions Pyongyang attacked the vessel.
The 1,200-ton corvette Cheonan sank in what military officials said was probably a torpedo attack.
Forty-six South Korean sailors were killed in what could have been one of the deadliest strikes by Pyongyang on its rival since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War. The North has denied involvement.
"The way a hatch had been thrown off its hinge indicates there had been a very strong external impact," the Yonhap news agency quoted a military official as saying, adding weight to the torpedo theory.
A survey team said after the rear of the ship was raised earlier this month that the Cheonan had been destroyed by an external explosion. That stoked suspicions of a torpedo attack.
The 1,200-ton corvette Cheonan sank in what military officials said was probably a torpedo attack.
Forty-six South Korean sailors were killed in what could have been one of the deadliest strikes by Pyongyang on its rival since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War. The North has denied involvement.
"The way a hatch had been thrown off its hinge indicates there had been a very strong external impact," the Yonhap news agency quoted a military official as saying, adding weight to the torpedo theory.
A survey team said after the rear of the ship was raised earlier this month that the Cheonan had been destroyed by an external explosion. That stoked suspicions of a torpedo attack.
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