INDIAN killed IN SHIP ATTACK OFF OMAN COAST; 11th SUCH FATALITY
Mumbai, Sept. 24 -- An Indian seafarer was killed on Wednesday when an Antigua and Barbuda-flagged bulk carrier bound for India was attacked off the coast of Oman, the Directorate of Maritime Administration said in a report.
The seafarer, Suraj Yadav, died of a head injury, the report said. The carrier, MV Cape Dao, had 28 crew on board, 20 of them Indian.
Yadav, a wiper from Deoria in Uttar Pradesh, is the 11th Indian seafarer killed in the Strait of Hormuz in attacks on four Indian ships and 60 foreign-flagged vessels since the West Asia crisis began. Twelve have been injured in that time.
The vessel was attacked at 6.35am GMT (around 12pm, IST) while sailing from Mina Saqr port in UAE to India via Oman.
The attack hit its accommodation a...
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