Yemenis Fire Missiles at British Ship in Gulf of Aden
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Yemen's Houthi forces have fired naval missiles at the British ship 'Lycavitos' in the Gulf of Aden.
A missile attack slightly damaged a commercial cargo ship off the coast of Aden in southern Yemen on Thursday, a Yemeni government coast guard official told Xinhua.
The Barbados-flagged ship Lycavitos was sailing in the Indian Ocean to the east of Aden when it was hit by a missile strike, the official said on condition of anonymity.
The attack occurred while the ship was crossing the internationally recognized transit corridor in the Indian Ocean, the source said.
Preliminary information indicated the vessel sustained minor damage from a fragment that struck the diesel generator's pipe, causing a diesel leak, the official said. All crew members were unharmed in the incident.
Meanwhile, the UK Maritime Operations Authority said it received a report of an explosion around 85 nautical miles east of Aden. The ship's captain reported that the crew members were all safe as the ship headed toward its next port.
Yemen’s armed forces have been targeting Israeli ships and those bound for Israeli ports since November in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza which has been subject to five months of ferocious airstrikes and a ground invasion.
