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\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Dubai: A missile fired by Yemen\u2019s Houthi rebels hit a bulk carrier in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday, with the crew reporting three people killed and at least four wounded, the US military said. The Iran-backed Houthis have been targeting merchant vessels transiting the vital Red Sea trade route for months but Wednesday\u2019s deaths appear to be the first fatalities resulting from such an attack.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n An anti-ship ballistic missile struck the Barbados-flagged, Liberian-owned M\/V True Confidence, after which its crew reported \u201cthree fatalities, at least four injuries, of which three are in critical condition, and significant damage to the ship\u201d, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe crew abandoned the ship and coalition warships responded and are assessing the situation,\u201d it said, noting that the attack was the fifth time the Houthis had launched an anti-ship ballistic missile in two days.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThese reckless attacks by the Houthis have disrupted global trade and taken the lives of international seafarers,\u201d CENTCOM said.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree wrote on social media that the True Confidence was targeted with multiple missiles \u201cafter the ship\u2019s crew rejected warning messages\u201d from the Houthis.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n [ad_2] [ad_1] \u00a0 Dubai: A missile fired by Yemen\u2019s Houthi rebels hit a bulk carrier in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday, with the crew reporting three people killed and at least four wounded, the US military said. The Iran-backed Houthis have been targeting merchant vessels transiting the vital Red Sea trade route for months but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23308"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23310,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23308\/revisions\/23310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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