3 Naval vessels damaged 1 sailor and 1 civilian killed, 12 sailors, 14 civilians wounded (according to the Sri Lanka Navy)[1] Attack on Galle Harbour [3] was a suicide attack[1] carried out by 15 Sea Tigers of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on the commercial Galle Harbour and Sri Lanka Navy base SLNS Dakshina in the tourist town of Galle in southern Sri Lanka.

There were no Sea Tiger bases close by, so it was believed the attackers must have travelled a long distance to get to Galle.

The defence ministry said two people had been killed, one of them a sailor, with at least 26 others, civilians among them, being wounded, a statement said.

[3] The Sri Lankan government responded with airstrikes in rebel territory.

Commodore Manil Mendis, Commander of the Southern Naval Area was court-martialed and found guilty of two counts of not taking adequate precautions and counter-measures relating to the incident.