A drone launched from Iran struck a chemical tanker in the Indian Ocean early on Saturday, the news agency Reuter said quoting the US Department of Defence.
“The motor vessel CHEM PLUTO, a Liberia-flagged, Japanese-owned, and Netherlands-operated chemical tanker was struck at approximately 10 a.m. local time (6 a.m. GMT) today in the Indian Ocean, 200 nautical miles from the coast of India, by a one-way attack drone fired from Iran,” reported the news agency citing a Pentagon spokesperson.
The Pentagon statement said this was the “seventh Iranian attack on commercial shipping since 2021.”
The incident highlights escalating regional tensions and new risk to shipping lanes after the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel.
The Pentagon officials said the Iranian government, as well as its allied militant forces in Yemen, have publicly criticized the Israeli government's military operation in Gaza and thousands of Palestinian citizens have been killed in the ongoing conflict.
There were no casualties as a result of the attack and a brief fire on board the tanker was extinguished. The incident took place only 200 nautical miles from the coast of India.
A spokesperson for the Iranian delegation at the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
(With Reuters inputs)
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