India, March 2 -- A bomb-carrying drone boat struck a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on Monday, killing one mariner on board, Oman said on Monday.

It was not immediately reported who launched this attack amid the US-Israel strikes on Iran and the latter's retaliation on US bases across the Middle East/West Asia region.

The state-run Oman News Agency reported the attack in the Gulf of Oman off the coast of Muscat, the sultanate's capital. It identified the vessel as the MKD VYOM. It said the dead crew member was from India, news agency AP reported.

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