Projectile sinks Indian ship near Yemeni waters, all seafarers safe: Indian minister

A projectile struck an Indian-flagged vessel near Yemen, causing it to capsize and sink, but all 14 seafarers on board were rescued, India’s shipping minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on Tuesday in a post on X.

The crew members, including 13 Indians, were rescued by the Yemeni Coast Guard and taken to the Port of Mokha, Sonowal said after the commercial vessel, MSV Faize Noore Oliya, sank in the Red Sea.

Yemen’s transportation ministry, part of the internationally recognized government, accused Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia of carrying out the attack by using an explosive-laden boat.

There was no comment from the militia.

India’s foreign ministry said it is coordinating with Yemeni authorities.