Saudi vessel attacked in Red Sea, national shipping company confirms following Houthi claims
The Saudi Amzan ship was attacked in the Red Sea on Monday, Saudi Arabia's national shipping company Bahri confirmed in a statement, noting that all crew members were safe and no injuries had been reported.
The confirmation comes following claims by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis earlier on Monday that they attacked a vessel off Saudi Arabia’s port city of Yanbu, in comments by the group’s military spokesperson Yahya Saree in a televised speech.
Earlier in the day, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency said a tanker was struck by an unknown projectile 63 nautical miles west of Yanbu.
The UKMTO said all crew were safe and accounted for with no reported environmental impact.
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