3 crew members killed and at least 4 injured in Houthi attack on commercial ship, US military says

US Central Command said that three crew members were killed, and at least four more were injured in the Houthi attack on a commercial ship near Yemen.

“At approximately 11:30 a.m. (Sanaa time) Mar. 6, an anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) was launched from Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist-controlled areas of Yemen toward M/V True Confidence, a Barbados-flagged, Liberian-owned bulk carrier, while transiting the Gulf of Aden,” CENTCOM said in a statement.
“The missile struck the vessel, and the multinational crew reports three fatalities, at least four injuries, of which three are in critical condition, and significant damage to the ship,” the statement added.

CENTCOM said that this is the fifth anti-ship ballistic missile fired by Houthis in the last two days.

The strike marks a significant escalation of the Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping, which began in October in response to the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

Source » cnn.com