Indian sailor killed in attack on ship off Oman
Crime · First reported 3 Nov, 05:37 · Updated 06:25
Reports say an Indian sailor died after an attack on a vessel off Oman, while 13 crew members were rescued or evacuated. One report identifies the vessel as the cargo ship Al Jusufi and the sailor as Gandhar Nahim Ajij, from Gujarat.
- An Indian sailor was killed in an attack on a ship off Oman’s coast, in the Strait of Hormuz.
- The reports say 13 crew members were rescued or safely evacuated.
- NDTV identifies the vessel as Al Jusufi and the deceased sailor as Gandhar Nahim Ajij from Gujarat.
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- Incident location
- Off Oman’s coast; the Indian Express headline specifies the Strait of Hormuz.
- Fatality
- One Indian sailor was killed.
- Sailor identified
- Gandhar Nahim Ajij, from Gujarat.
- Vessel
- Cargo vessel Al Jusufi.
- Other crew
- 13 crew members were safely evacuated by the Omani Coast Guard, according to NDTV.
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- An earlier Lux story reported that one person was killed after an unidentified aerial object struck an Indian vessel near Oman. [e2f73d22-3194-49ae-9c86-ca3ee67fee52]
- Another earlier Lux story said Oman rescued 25 crew from a burning tanker in the Strait of Hormuz; it noted that the reports did not establish whether that tanker was one of four vessels Iran said it had halted. [87954dff-3efe-4e19-ae3f-24c6cf11421e]
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