The US Navy sank three vessels belonging to Yemen’s Huthi rebels, who had attacked a Danish container ship in the Red Sea, reports AFP.
According to that news agency, which cites a statement from the US Military Command for the Middle East (Centcom), US Navy helicopters “returned fire in self-defense, sinking three of the four small boats and killing the crews.”
Centcom explained that the US Navy was responding to a request for assistance from the Maersk Hangzhou, a Singapore-flagged container ship owned and operated by Denmark, which had been attacked for the second time in 24 hours. , while sailing in the Red Sea.
2023-12-31 11:54:26
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