India says all 24 seafarers safe after attacks on tankers in Strait of Hormuz and Romania
India’s shipping minister said on Friday that 24 Indian seafarers aboard two tankers attacked in recent days were safe, with no deaths or injuries.
New Delhi, India. All 24 Indian seafarers aboard two tankers attacked in recent days in Romania and the Strait of Hormuz are safe, India’s shipping minister, Sarbananda Sonowal, said on Friday. He reported no deaths or injuries.
Attacks reported two days apart
Sonowal, India’s federal minister for the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, gave details of the incidents in a post on X.
He said a drone struck a chemical tanker at Romania’s Sulina Anchorage on October 14. A separate attack on October 16 involved a projectile striking a crude oil tanker with 15 Indian seafarers aboard in the Strait of Hormuz.
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