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Seoul (ANTARA News / Reuters) - Investigators in South Korean navy vessel which sank and claimed many victims in March near North Korea have concluded that terpedo be the cause of the explosion which damaged the warship, a news report said Friday.

The team of South Korean and foreign investigators found traces of the explosions used in some parts terpedo on a sinking ship that, in addition to the pieces of metal that is used in a similar weapon, said South Korean news agency, Yonhap, quoting a senior government official .

The acting unofficially South Korea accuses North Korea, but only a few secrets that they have about Pyongyang's involvement menerpedo corvette Cheonan it weighs 1200 tons.

Mengaramkan ship explosion that took place later in March near their sea border sengketakan, allegedly in retaliation for an attack that makes burning navy ships last year.

Metal fragments and chemical residues found in the same like kind terpedo made in Germany. This suggests that North Korea allegedly was trying to avoid distorting his involvement with weapons made in China and its ally Russia, Yonhap said, quoting the acting it.

North Korea has denied involvement and accused the government of South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak seeks to use the incident to gain political support ahead of local elections next June.