The United Arab Emirates has announced that Iran attacked two ships in the Strait of Hormuz with missiles, killing one crew member and wounding eight others.
“The Ministry of Defence announces that the national tankers Mombasa and Al Bahiyah were targeted by two Iranian cruise missiles while transiting the southern shipping lane of the Strait of Hormuz, within Omani territorial waters,” the Emirati defence ministry wrote on X.
The attack killed one crew member, an Indian national, and wounded eight others, including four who “sustained serious injuries”, it said.
The injured included six Indian nationals and two Ukrainian nationals.
The strikes sparked fires on board both tankers, which caused damage but have since been brought under control, it added.
Both vessels sustained material damage after the fires broke out.
