2 Filipino, 1 Vietnamese sailor killed in first fatal Houthi attack
Two Filipino and a Vietnamese crew member were identified as those killed in a missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on a ship in the Gulf of Aden, the vessel’s managers said on Thursday Mar 7th.
Those killed in the attack on Wednesday appear to be the first deaths resulting from Houthi attacks on merchant vessels transiting the key Red Sea trade route.
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“One Vietnamese and two Filipino crew members have lost their lives,” a statement from the owners and managers of the Barbados-flagged, Liberian-owned M/V True Confidence said early Thursday. “A further two Filipino crew members have suffered serious injuries. All crew members were taken to Djibouti.”
The ship’s managers and owners said the ship was manned by 20 workers, comprising one Indian, 15 Filipino, and four Vietnamese crew members. Three armed guards, two from Sri Lanka and one from Nepal, also were on board. The ship had been carrying steel from China to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree wrote on social media that the True Confidence was targeted with missiles “after the ship’s crew rejected warning messages” from the rebels.