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At least four people were killed and six crew members were rescued alive after Yemen based Houthi militant group attacked and sank a second ship in the Red Sea this week, while the whereabouts of 15 others aboard the ship remain unknown, a European naval mission said.
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The Houthis have claimed responsibility for the attack which the maritime officials said have killed 4 out of the 25 aboard the cargo ship. The Liberian-flagged, Greek-operated Eternity C sustained heavy damage and lost all propulsion after small boats hit the ship via rocket-propelled grenades on Monday and the Eternity C went down on Wednesday, stated UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO).
The attack by the Houthi militants continued on Tuesday while search and rescue operations were launched overnight. The six seafarers spent more than 24 hours in the waters before being rescued alive, Reuters reported.
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The United States Mission in Yemen accused the Iran-backed Houthis of kidnapping several surviving crew members from the Eternity C and called for their immediate release. Houthis later stated that they attacked the Eternity C as it was heading to Israel, and acknowledged that they took an unspecified number of crew to a “safe location”.
In a televised address, Houthis military spokesperson said “The Yemeni Navy responded to rescue a number of the ship’s crew, provide them with medical care, and transport them to a safe location,” Reuters reported.
The Philippines administration stated that 21 members of the crew were its citizens. One of the crew was a Russian national who was seriously injured in the attack and lost a leg.
Houthis have attacked second cargo ship in a week in Red Sea as the militant group attacked a vessel on Sunday with drones and missiles which was also a Liberian-flagged, Greek-operated cargo ship, Magic Seas which they claimed “belonged to a company that violated the entry ban to the ports of occupied Palestine,” BBC reported.
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