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A suspected attack by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia on a ship in the Gulf of Aden caused “fatalities” Wednesday, the Associated Press reported, citing two US officials.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they didn’t have authorization to speak publicly about the killings on board the True Confidence.
The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center added that the Barbados-flagged vessel was no longer under the command of the crew and that they had abandoned it.
The exact extent of the damage remained unclear. However, it appeared to be serious.
Yemen’s Houthis didn’t immediately claim the attack, though it typically takes them several hours to acknowledge their assaults. They’ve been attacking ships sailing past Yemen since November over Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they didn’t have authorization to speak publicly about the killings on board the True Confidence.
The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center added that the Barbados-flagged vessel was no longer under the command of the crew and that they had abandoned it.
The exact extent of the damage remained unclear. However, it appeared to be serious.
Yemen’s Houthis didn’t immediately claim the attack, though it typically takes them several hours to acknowledge their assaults. They’ve been attacking ships sailing past Yemen since November over Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.