Current Events > Ship Evacuated After First Civilian Fatalities in Houthis' Red Sea Attacks

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https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/ship-evacuated-after-first-civilian-fatalities-in-houthis%27-red-sea-attacks/73448116

Indias navy evacuated all 20 crew from a stricken vessel in the Red Sea on Thursday, after a Houthi attack killed three seafarers in the first civilian fatalities from the Yemeni groups campaign against the key shipping route.

The Iran-aligned militants fired a missile at the Barbados-flagged, Greek-operated True Confidence on Wednesday about 50 nautical miles off the southern Yemeni port of Aden, setting it ablaze.

In a statement, the owners and manager said all 20 crew and three armed guards on board were taken to hospital in Djibouti in the Horn of Africa by an Indian warship.

Two of the dead were Filipino nationals, while the third was Vietnamese, the owners and managers said, expressing condolences to families. Two other Filipinos were also severely injured.

Vietnam on Thursday condemned the attack, and said one of the Vietnamese crew died while the remaining three nationals were in good health.

Images released by the Indian Navy showed a helicopter winching crew members from a small life raft in choppy seas and taking them to a naval ship.

Some wounded were shown lying in the bottom of a navy lifeboat sent to assist. They were carried on stretchers onto the ship and were shown later with heavily bandaged limbs as they were evacuated to the Djibouti hospital.

The vessel is drifting well away from land and salvage arrangements are being made, the companies said in the statement.

A salvage contract for the vessel has been signed, a spokesperson for the companies told Reuters, declining further details citing security issues.

The Houthis have kept up a relentless campaign of attacks on vessels in one of the worlds busiest shipping lanes since November, in what they say is solidarity with the Palestinians during Israels war with Hamas in Gaza.

The loss of life and injuries to civilian seafarers is completely unacceptable, leading global shipping associations said on Thursday.

The frequency of attacks on merchant shipping highlights the urgent need for all stakeholders to take decisive action to safeguard the lives of innocent civilian seafarers and put an end to such threats.

The cost of insuring a seven-day voyage through the Red Sea has risen by hundreds of thousands of dollars since November.

War risk insurance rates have already reflected the sinking of the Rubymar cargo ship, days after being hit by a Houthi missile on Feb 18, and the first fatalities from the True Confidence, said Munro Anderson, head of operations at marine war risk and insurance specialist Vessel Protect part of Pen Underwriting.

So, the degree to which they create any further upwards pressure is likely to be limited in the short term, he said.

This is, however, predicated on how events evolve from this point forward.

Houthis are bad news

Yet pro-Palestine protestors and tankies claim these guys are heroes.

So, how much death and destruction are going to be tolerated before Iran pays dearly for what they've wrought?
The world's already let them get away w/ Oct. 7th; Biden already let them get away w/ murdering a bunch of US soldiers. No one even seems to bring up how many Ukrainian civilians are killed by Iranian Shaheed terror drones. How many more atrocities will they get to cause w/ total impunity?

Anyone remember the Somali pirate issue in the same region, that was a big deal at the time and looks downright quaint compared to the missiles and bombardments of the Houthis? Notice how that stopped being a problem? Ever wonder how that happened?
I'll give you a hint: It wasn't through "peaceful dialogue" and asking nicely.

Oh no baby, whut is you doin?

Looks like they're going after Singapore's ships now: https://www.npr.org/2024/03/09/1237172295/yemens-rebels-target-singapore-flagged-ship-as-u-s-and-allies-down-houthi-drones

Seems pretty bad

I cant believe we saw leftists defending these scumbags

Shadow_Don posted...

I cant believe we saw leftists defending these scumbags

To be fair, not many Westerners have sufficient knowledge on international affairs despite living in the internet age.

yeah but Hasan talked to one of them about One Piece LOL so they must be cool, right guyz?

Doom_Art posted...

yeah but Hasan talked to one of them about One Piece LOL so they must be cool, right guyz?

That was the most braindead thing I've seen someone do lol

Doom_Art posted...

yeah but Hasan talked to one of them about One Piece LOL so they must be cool, right guyz?

Wut

YellowSUV posted...

Wut

Yeah that happened