Commercial ship ‘not under command’ after repeated attacks target it in Red Sea, British say
Aug 21, 2024 | 2:09 AM
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A commercial ship traveling through the Red Sea came under repeated attack Wednesday, leaving the vessel “not under command” in an assault suspected to have been carried out by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, the British military said.
Details remained few about the attack, though it comes during the Houthis’ monthslong campaign targeting ships over the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.
The attack saw men on small boats first open fire with small arms, the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said.
The ship also was hit by three projectiles, it added.
