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473 Sea Creatures paid with Life for X Press Pearl

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Sahan Rathanasekara

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July 30, 2021

A dead sea turtle is seen washed ashore on a beach weeks after the MV X-Press Pearl container ship caught fire and sank off the coast of Colombo, in Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka June 24, 2021. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

A dead sea turtle is seen washed ashore on a beach weeks after the MV X-Press Pearl container ship caught fire and sank off the coast of Colombo — A dead sea turtle is seen washed ashore on a beach weeks after the MV X-Press Pearl container ship caught fire and sank off the coast of Colombo, in Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka June 24, 2021. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

The Attorney General has stated in the Colombo Magistrate’s Court today that 473 sea creatures have died after the MV X Press Pearl ship fire.

Accordingly, 417 turtles, 48 dolphins and 08 whales have died.

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