Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists killed three crew members when it launched a missile strike on a commercial vessel, forcing others aboard to jump ship in the Gulf of Aden Wednesday, officials said.
Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists killed three crew members when it launched a missile strike on a commercial vessel, forcing others aboard to jump ship in the Gulf of Aden Wednesday, officials said.
The attack on the Liberian-owned, Barbados-flagged bulk carrier is the first fatal maritime assault carried out by the Yemen rebels since they began targeting ships in response to Israel’s offensive in Gaza, escalating already fraught tensions in the Middle East.
The vessel, True Confidence, was set ablaze about 50 nautical miles from the coast of Yemen’s port of Aden.
In addition to the three killed, at least another six were wounded and the entire crew was forced to jump into lifeboats, US officials told the Associated Press on a condition of anonymity.
