NEW DELHI, Aug. 5 — An Indian-flagged commercial vessel, MSV Faize Noore Oliya, sank in the Red Sea after being attacked off the coast of Yemen, Indian officials said Wednesday.
According to India’s federal Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal, the vessel was hit by a projectile near Yemeni waters, causing the vessel to capsize and sink.
All 14 seafarers on board the vessel have been rescued safely. Reports said the Indian-flagged tanker was carrying oil from Saudi Arabia.
Meanwhile, India’s foreign ministry condemned the attack of the vessel, saying that the continuing incidents of attacks on commercial shipping in the region were deeply worrisome.
“The targeting of commercial shipping in the region must end, and free and unimpeded navigation and commerce through the international waterways in the region, in keeping with international law, must be restored at the earliest,” the ministry said in a statement.
India’s federal government last week informed its parliament that 16 Indian nationals, including 10 seafarers, have lost their lives so far in the ongoing conflict in the Middle East that began earlier this year. (Namibia Daily News/Xinhua)
