MANILA: Two Filipino crew members had been amongst these killed in a missile assault by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on a ship within the Gulf of Aden, the Philippines authorities stated on Thursday (Mar 7).
These killed within the assault on Wednesday seem like the primary deaths ensuing from Houthi assaults on service provider vessels transiting the important thing Crimson Sea commerce route.
“With nice disappointment, the Division of Migrant Employees confirms the deaths of two Filipino seafarers in the newest assault by Houthi rebels on ships plying the Crimson Sea and the Gulf of Aden,” the company stated in an announcement.
“We’re additionally knowledgeable that two different Filipino crewmen had been severely injured within the assault on their ship,” it added.
Manila is liaising with the ship homeowners and its crewing company “to determine the circumstances of the remainder of the ship’s crew”, the division stated.
An anti-ship ballistic missile struck the Barbados-flagged, Liberian-owned M/V True Confidence, after which its crew reported “three fatalities, not less than 4 accidents, of which three are in crucial situation, and important injury to the ship”, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) stated in an announcement.
Houthi navy spokesman Yahya Saree wrote on social media that the vessel was focused with missiles “after the ship’s crew rejected warning messages” from the rebels.
The Iran-backed group started attacking ships within the Gulf of Aden and the Crimson Sea final November, a marketing campaign they are saying is meant to sign solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.
