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Houthi missile attack kills 6 on cargo ship in Red Sea
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have killed six people in their first deadly attack on a vessel since the United States and Israel began striking Iran on 28 February. The Houthis fired three…
The Story in Brief
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have killed six people in their first deadly attack on a vessel since the United States and Israel began striking Iran on 28 February. The Houthis fired three ballistic missiles at a cargo ship south of the port of Mocha, setting it ablaze. Four crew members, three Pakistanis and one Indonesian, died in the initial strike; a second missile then targeted rescuers, killing two members of the government-allied National Resistance Forces, the Yemeni coast guard said. Ten others were injured.
The Houthis claimed the ship was carrying Saudi military equipment, but Yemen’s internationally recognised government said it was a commercial vessel carrying food. Maritime sources identified the ship as the Tihamah, sailing under a Tanzanian flag with an Egyptian operator. The attack comes after a years-long truce in Yemen’s civil war collapsed last month. Pakistan has condemned the strike and its interior minister is visiting Iran to discuss regional security.
The Indian Opinion
The Houthis and the Yemeni government are offering contradictory accounts, military supplies versus food, with no independent inspection of the cargo. The same group that blockaded Saudi ports now calls a food ship a legitimate target. The vessel’s flag and ownership also remain disputed. Until a neutral party releases the manifest or photographs the hold, readers should treat both claims as propaganda. Will the IMO or a port authority release the cargo list? That single document would settle the matter.
Sources (2): timesnownews.com, thehindu.com
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Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
