A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on a ship in the Gulf of Aden caused “fatalities” Wednesday, two U.S. officials have told The Associated Press.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they didn’t have authorization to speak publicly about the killings on board the True Confidence.
The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center added that the Barbados-flagged vessel was no longer under the command of the crew and that they had abandoned it.
The exact extent of the damage remained unclear. However, it appeared to be serious.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels didn’t immediately claim the attack, though it typically takes them several hours to acknowledge their assaults. They have been attacking ships sailing past Yemen since November over Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
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